UPDATE: All Clear At Houston Hospital, No Shooter Found
UPDATE: Houston Police has given the all-clear; no shooter found despite multiple reports of gunfire.
All clear given atBen Taub Hospital re: active shooter situation. Medical staff, patients heading back inside pic.twitter.com/9bB99vRxDV
— Angela Chen KESQ (@AngelaWChen) February 21, 2017
Given the number of bomb threats called into Jewish centers over the past month, some suspect it may have been a hoax perpetrated by anti-Semites.
If no shooting @ #BenTaub #HoustonPD must find 911 caller/confirm not targeting of Jewish/named facilities. Maybe dry run,watch for watchers
— Dr.Col.J (@Jenni__2019) February 21, 2017
An active shooter has been reported at the Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, Texas. Police officers have entered the building with weapons drawn; ABC13 Houston reports nearly a hundred officers with assault rifles have surrounded the hospital.
Law enforcement just told the Houston Chronicle that the shooter is contained. “There is an active shooter situation. He’s barricaded on the third floor. They’ve got him isolated and barricaded and they don’t expect it to take very long.”
No injuries or deaths have been reported as of yet.
It is legal in Texas to carry firearms inside a hospital.
A live link to ABC13’s coverage of the incident can be found here.
This is an ongoing story that will be updated as more information emerges.
Hospital sent out email to staffers at 2:14pm. "Active shooter situation at Ben Taub Hospital. Do not go to Ben Taub Hospital." #KHOU11 pic.twitter.com/Dmq4og8A5G
— Grace White (@GraceWhiteKHOU) February 21, 2017
At Ben Taub report of active shooter. No victims located. Active search continues. All patients and employees safe at this point.
— Chief Art Acevedo (@ArtAcevedo) February 21, 2017
#BreakingNews Patients being wheeled out as @houstonpolice search for possible shooter at Ben Taub Hospital #KHOU11 pic.twitter.com/jvbXZVuSqx
— Mike O'Neill (@MovieMinuteMike) February 21, 2017
.@abc13houston photojournalist Matt Black reports seeing approx 100 police officers, some armed with assault rifles outside Ben Taub.
— Charles Fisher (@NewsCameraFish) February 21, 2017
Eye witness at the lock down of Ben Taub hospital in Houston says that they heard "code white" shouted before hospital was evacuated.
— Kyle Glen (@KyleJGlen) February 21, 2017
#BREAKING – officers entering Ben Taub hospital with weapons drawn. Reports of shooting inside #khou11
— Stephanie Whitfield (@KHOUStephanie) February 21, 2017
