Two employees killed in Texas hospital shooting

Two hospital staff, have been killed on Saturday (native time) in a taking pictures inside a hospital in Dallas, Texas.

The suspected gunman was shot and wounded by police, authorities stated.

The taking pictures occurred about 11am (native time) inside Methodist Dallas Medical Centre, in accordance with hospital spokesperson Ryan Owens.

“A Methodist Well being System Police Officer arrived on the scene, confronted the suspect, and fired his weapon on the suspect, injuring him,” Owens stated in an announcement.

The names of the victims nor their positions on the hospital weren’t instantly launched.

The hospital system stated in an announcement that it was mourning the deaths.

“The Methodist Well being System Household is heartbroken on the lack of two of our beloved workforce members,” in accordance with the assertion attributed to the system’s management. “Our whole organisation is grieving this unimaginable tragedy.”

The suspect, whose title additionally was not instantly launched, was taken to a different hospital in an undisclosed situation and below police custody, Owens stated.

Dallas police referred inquiries to hospital police, who didn’t return telephone requires remark.

The taking pictures follows hospital shootings in September in Little Rock, Arkansas, that killed a customer and one in June in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that left 4 lifeless.