Multiple people reported shot in 'active shooter' situation near Mercy Hospital on South Side
Source: Chicago Tribune
Multiple people reported shot in 'active shooter' situation near Mercy Hospital on South Side
Shooting near Mercy Hospital
Chicago police and Fire Department crews at the scene near Mercy Hospital, where multiple people were reported shot Monday afternoon. (Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune)
Madeline BuckleyContact ReporterChicago Tribune
Authorities were reporting multiple victims in an active shooter attack in the area of Mercy Hospital on the Near South Side that brought out a large police presence Monday afternoon.
Emergency crews were called to near the hospital, 2525 S. Michigan Ave., about 3:20 p.m.
There were Reports of multiple victims in the attack, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet.
Fire officials called an emergency medical services Plan II, sending at least 10 ambulances to the scene, because of an active shooter situation, a Fire Department spokesman said.
A hospital employee said she was in her office when a notice came over a public address system telling those in the hospital to lock their doors. They were later evacuated and people were put on CTA buses as authorities dealt with the situation.
Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-shooting-mercy-hospital-chicago-20181119-story.html

DesertRat
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RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(177,246 posts)Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Link to tweet
bronxiteforever
(9,939 posts)WBBM-TV spoke with a witness who saw the situation unfold. He told reporters that he saw a man and woman arguing in the parking lot of the hospital, and then saw the man shoot the woman. He explained that the shooter then entered the hospital and continued to fire. The witness said he was standing just about five feet away from the shooter as he came into the hospital.
The TV station reports that the woman, who was potentially the gunmans girlfriend, was shot multiple times. She is reportedly also in critical condition. Another witness told WBBM that the woman was wearing scrubs, indicating that she was a hospital employee. It has since been confirmed that the woman was in fact a physician. She was transferred to another hospital for treatment as well.
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dbackjon
(6,578 posts)Flipping angry men with guns...
bronxiteforever
(9,939 posts)dhol82
(9,499 posts)Witness said the perp shot her three times in the chest and after she went down fired another three.
Shoonra
(580 posts)Firearm massacres are occurring with such rapidity that the Republicans don't even have time to say that now is not the time to discuss gun legislation.
Please, let's try to pace the massacres so we can fit in the lame excuses.
dhol82
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