https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/c...cy-hospital-attack/ar-BBPTkzE?ocid=spartandhp
That is the latest update, with not a whole bunch of details yet.
The suspect, apparently shot in the head, was found inside Mercy Hospital and Medical Center at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. around 3:20 p.m. CST, a police spokesman said.
The police officer was found in the lobby and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center. "He is in critical condition but receiving excellent care," police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet. "Please send your prayers."
(Note: now deceased.)
Details of the other two people shot were not immediately released.
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Witnesses said that before the shooting began, the shooter had been talking to a woman who became his first victim.
James Gray said he saw at least two people get shot. Gray said he was coming out of the clinic area when he saw a man in a black coat, black hat and dark pants shoot a woman three times in the chest. The man and the woman had been walking and talking to each other before the shooting, he said. The gunman stood over the woman and shot her three more times after she fell to the ground, Gray said. Then a squad car turned its lights on and came down the drive and the gunman shot at the squad car.
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Gray said the gun looked like a 9 mm handgun; a police source said authorities had identified it as a 9 mm.
When the gunman came into the hospital, it appeared that he was shooting people at random, said Gray, who said he saw one other person shot.
"And then I ran into the X-ray department and locked the door behind us," he said
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Hector Avitia was watching television in a waiting room at the hospital with his wife when the woman was shot. Avitia watched through windows as a person in blue scrubs was shot outside and fell to the ground, he said. Officers exchanged fire with the shooter, and the shooter reloaded and fired again at the victim on the ground, Avitia said. The shooter then made his way inside the hospital as Avitia and those with him hid by a desk.
"Oh my God," said Avitia, when asked how many gunshots he heard. "Reloaded twice. So 32 bullets each."
Avitia said he had never seen anything like the shooting before. "I've heard shootings," he said. "I've known people that have died in the neighborhood like that. But something like that? No."
That is the latest update, with not a whole bunch of details yet.
The suspect, apparently shot in the head, was found inside Mercy Hospital and Medical Center at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. around 3:20 p.m. CST, a police spokesman said.
The police officer was found in the lobby and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center. "He is in critical condition but receiving excellent care," police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet. "Please send your prayers."
(Note: now deceased.)
Details of the other two people shot were not immediately released.
………….
Witnesses said that before the shooting began, the shooter had been talking to a woman who became his first victim.
James Gray said he saw at least two people get shot. Gray said he was coming out of the clinic area when he saw a man in a black coat, black hat and dark pants shoot a woman three times in the chest. The man and the woman had been walking and talking to each other before the shooting, he said. The gunman stood over the woman and shot her three more times after she fell to the ground, Gray said. Then a squad car turned its lights on and came down the drive and the gunman shot at the squad car.
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Gray said the gun looked like a 9 mm handgun; a police source said authorities had identified it as a 9 mm.
When the gunman came into the hospital, it appeared that he was shooting people at random, said Gray, who said he saw one other person shot.
"And then I ran into the X-ray department and locked the door behind us," he said
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Hector Avitia was watching television in a waiting room at the hospital with his wife when the woman was shot. Avitia watched through windows as a person in blue scrubs was shot outside and fell to the ground, he said. Officers exchanged fire with the shooter, and the shooter reloaded and fired again at the victim on the ground, Avitia said. The shooter then made his way inside the hospital as Avitia and those with him hid by a desk.
"Oh my God," said Avitia, when asked how many gunshots he heard. "Reloaded twice. So 32 bullets each."
Avitia said he had never seen anything like the shooting before. "I've heard shootings," he said. "I've known people that have died in the neighborhood like that. But something like that? No."
