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BREAKING, 19/11/2018: Active shooter situation at Chicago hospital
-Multiple people shot by gunman
-Police officer among those shot by gunman; officer is critically wounded
-Gunman has been shot and is down but their condition is unknown
-Hospital is now secure
-Nearby high school was placed on lockdown but this has since been lifted
-Condition and number of shooting victims also unknown as of yet
-Large police response, including SWAT
-The building has been partially evacuated
-Three people shot by gunman; all in critical condition.
-Gunman also shot and in critical condition.
-The gunman is dead.
-One shooter.
-One female victim in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds.
-Police interviewing witnesses now.
One of the victims shot has now died.
-The first person shot (several times) was a female doctor.
-The shooter was her ex-fiance.
-He shot her in the parking lot then continued shooting at people inside the hospital building
Chicago Police Press Conference:
-A verbal dispute took place outside the hospital
-Someone who knew both the people attempted to intervene, at which point the shooter revealed he was carrying a firearm
-The shooter had one gun
-The person who intervened fled into the hospital and called 911
-The shooter shot and killed the female doctor he knew outside
-Two police officers arrived and the gunman shot at their patrol car
-These two officers were nearby by happenstance and had not been dispatched to the hospital specifically
-One of them (a male officer) was shot and killed by the gunman
-The shooter fled into the hospital and SWAT were called
-Inside the hospital, the gunman shot and killed a female pharmaceutical assistant who had just exited an elevator; this seems to have been a random killing
-The gunman then died of a gunshot wound although it is unclear if this was self inflicted or from the police
In total: three victims killed, one shooter dead.
Tue, 20 Nov 2018 03:13:02
