One killed, one wounded in Delaware hospital shooting; suspect at large
A shooting at a hospital in Wilmington, Delaware, left one person dead and another injured. The suspect remains at large, police said.
A suspect who shot two people in a Delaware hospital, killing one, was still at large on Tuesday, police said in a press conference. The shooting was reported around 3:30 p.m. at Wilmington Hospital, Police Chief Wilfredo Campos said. Campos declined to release information about the victims' identities or the condition of the person who was shot and survived.
Investigators were working to identify and find the shooter and trying to determine how the person left the building, Campos said. ChristianaCare, which operates the hospital, said in an emailed statement it was diverting patients from its emergency department and "taking all appropriate steps to ensure the safety of our patients, caregivers and visitors." "This is an active police investigation for a possible active shooter," the statement said. A lockdown of the hospital was lifted by Tuesday night.
Violence has been a persistent problem at hospitals across the U.S. Wilmington, which has about 71,000 residents and is Delaware's largest city, is about 25 miles south of Philadelphia.
