At least three people are dead and multiple people are injured following a shooting at the Natalie Building at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday, according to police.
There is no doubt that the numbers will rise. These are only initial reports at press time..
"We know there are multiple injuries, and potentially multiple casualties," The Tulsa Police Department said in a statement.
Police received a call of a man walking with a rifle near a medical office. When police responded, they said it turned into an active shooter situation, according to Tulsa Police Captain Richard Meulenberg.
When police entered the building, they found multiple people shot.
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"At this point, we can confirm the shooter is dead," police said in the post, although it is not clear whether the shooting was self-inflicted.
"Officers are currently going through every room in the building checking for additional threats," the post added.
Police were evacuating the building and evacuating victims Wednesday evening, Richard Meulenberg, with police, said Wednesday.
"We have multiple floors... with hundreds of rooms and hundreds of people within the building," he said.
"We're treating this as a catastrophic scene right now," Meulenberg said.
There has been a reunification site set up for family members and friends at Memorial High School west of LaFortune Park, police added.
This is a developing story..
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