Authorities respond to possible active shooter at Kaiser Permanente in Downey

[brooklynite]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Police are responding to reports of a possible active shooter at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey.

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department wrote on Twitter shortly before noon on Tuesday that it was sending units to assist the Downey Police Department with “a fluid, emergent situation” at the medical center on Imperial Highway.

Authorities have detained a suspect and are searching the building room by room, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

People inside the Kaiser building are being told to shelter in place. It is not clear if anyone was injured.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kaiser-20180911-story.html

[Iliyah]

1. Thanks for the heads up!

Checked with local news and apparently no shots fired and the person I believe is in custody.

My father-in-law had 2 1/2 back surgeries there so I know the place well.