A shooter was fatally shot on Saturday after opening fire at a central Pennsylvania medical facility.
UPMC Memorial in York confirmed that all patients were safe and the assailant was deceased. Details about other potential injuries were not immediately available, AP reported.
Susan Manko, UPMC’s vice president of public relations, confirmed via email that security forces were present and handling the incident.
“The gunman has been apprehended, and no patients have been injured,” she wrote, adding, “The hospital is now secure. This is a fluid situation. Law enforcement is on premises and is managing the situation.”
The medical facility instructed off-duty staff members to remain at their residences for the day.
Manko advised that visiting family members should gather at the car park of the OSS building situated opposite the medical centre.
Meanwhile as the shooting incident took place, people in the area received an alert. On social media several users shared the alert photos.
Sharing the photo, one of the netizen wrote, “An alert you hope you never receive on your computer screen, especially while at work. Shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania.”
While another said, “This is five minutes from my apartment. UMPC hospital. Two officers shot one suspect shot. An EMS unit is headed to York hospital, which is a regional trauma center. Which is probably a 10 minute drive from this hospital. “