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A police officer was killed and five other people were injured at a hospital in York County, Pennsylvania on Saturday morning after a gunman took medical staff hostage and opened fire.
The now-deceased gunman, identified as 49-year-old Diogenes Archangel Ortiz, walked into UPMC Memorial Hospital around 10:30 a.m. armed with a handgun and took several hospital staff from the intensive care unit hostage.
The gunman opened fire, injuring three hospital workers and three police officers. One office, named as Andrew Duarte, was killed.
The five other people are in stable condition, officials said on Saturday afternoon.
No patients were injured, UPMC Memorial wrote on Facebook.
Police responded quickly to the reports of gunfire and arrived at the scene to find the gunman had zip-tied several hospital workers and was holding them at gunpoint. Officers shot and killed the gunman.
UPMC Memorial Hospital confirmed the gunman was “deceased” and the hospital was secure hours after the tragic shooting took place.
The York County Office of Emergency Management said an investigation was underway. Local and federal law enforcement agencies are working with state authorities.
Among those injured were a hospital doctor, nurse, custodian and two police officers.
Duarte, the officer killed, was a member of the West York Borough Police Department.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro arrived at the hospital on Saturday afternoon after being briefed on the shooting.
“We saw the very best and the very worst of humanity,” Shapiro said during a press conference from the hospital.
“Let it not be lost on anyone, the act of extraordinary bravery and courage by the health care workers here, by the law enforcement professionals – state and local and here at the hospital level – who ran toward danger to keep people safe.”