Several San Antonio media outlets are reporting an active shooter at Methodist Stone Oak hospital. The shooter is reported to be wearing hospital scrubs.
News 4 San Antonio reports:
Police are responding to an incident at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital on Sonterra Boulevard. The hospital is on lock down as police search for a man in a red jacket and blue scrubs. All entrances and exits are closed at this time. Preliminary reports are of a man threatening people with a gun in the labor and delivery room. No injuries have been reported at this time.
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital @ 1139 E. Sonterra Blvd on lockdown as SAPD search for a man w/ rifle. Gunman may be a physical therapist.
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
#Kens5news has confirmed SAPD searching for a physical therapist with a rifle inside labor&delivery ward @ Methodist Stone oak Hospital.
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
Gunman @Methodist Stone Oak Hospital believed to be physical therapist at the hospital. Hospital on lockdown as SAPD search for man w/rifle
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
SAPD Surrounding Methodist Stone Oak Hospital going floor to floor in search of gunman who'sBelieved to be a physical therapist #kens5news
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
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Update: False alarm?
SAPD now saying there is no gunman at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital but hospital remains on lockdown while police check everything out.
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
SAPD tells us they responded after a patient reported hearing a threat at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital. SAPD put hospital on lockdown.
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
@KENS5 SAPD says no active shooter at Methodist Stone Oak. Clearing the hospital just to make sure, but don't believe there is any threat.
— Jeremy Baker (@JeremyBKENS5) January 1, 2014
SAPD says it has a person in custody in connection with scare at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital. Reports of a gunman had hospital on lockdown
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
San Antonio hospital says never a weapon at hospital; patient felt unsafe and a supposed suspect wasn't even there – @kami0tweets
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) January 1, 2014
SAPD says Gunman threat @ Methodist Stone Oak Hospital ends w/ person of interest in custody and no one hurt. #kens5news
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
SAPD says it is talking to a person of interest in connection w/reports of a gunman at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital.
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
Danger over @ Methodist Stone Oak Hospital. No longer on lockdown. SAPD says it is talking to a person of interest. #kens5news
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
SAPD says person of interest in Methodist Stone Oak Hospital scare was picked up in another part of town after reports of a gunman@hospital
— Deborah Knapp (@DeborahKnappTV5) January 1, 2014
Twitchy will update this post as details emerge.
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