Police in Houston, Texas are responding to reports of an active shooter at Ben Taub Hospital. The hospital has been placed on lockdown, and patients are being evacuated.
Officers are searching the hospital, but have not found any victims so far, the Houston Police Department said.
About an hour before the first reports of shots fired, St. Mark’s Episcopal School in Bellaire tweeted a picture of fifth grade students holding up paintings and posing with hospital staff. The school would not answer whether the students were still at the hospital, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Link to the official twitter account for the Houston Police Department: https://twitter.com/houstonpolice/status/834140936909230081
UPDATE: https://www.rt.com/usa/378181-houston-police-shooting-hospital/
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/report-shots-fired-ben-taub-hospital-houston-10948568.php
Officers are searching the hospital, but have not found any victims so far, the Houston Police Department said.
About an hour before the first reports of shots fired, St. Mark’s Episcopal School in Bellaire tweeted a picture of fifth grade students holding up paintings and posing with hospital staff. The school would not answer whether the students were still at the hospital, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Link to the official twitter account for the Houston Police Department: https://twitter.com/houstonpolice/status/834140936909230081
UPDATE: https://www.rt.com/usa/378181-houston-police-shooting-hospital/
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/report-shots-fired-ben-taub-hospital-houston-10948568.php