TROY, Mich. – One person has been injured during an active shooter situation at Corewell hospital in Troy, police confirm.
The shooting happened Thursday morning at Corewell Health Beaumont Hospital. As of 9 a.m., hundreds of officers were at the scene, going floor-to-floor during a search of the building.
Police said at least one person has been injured. That person was being treated in the emergency room, as of 8:50 a.m.
Corewell Health released the following statement:
We are working with local law enforcement. Out of an abundance of caution, the hospital is on lockdown. One victim is in the emergency department for medical treatment. Patients with services scheduled should not come to the hospital at this time. Patients may call the department where they were scheduled for service directly. No other information is available at this time.
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“It’s scary,” a worker told Local 4. “You go to your workplace thinking you’re going to be safe, but we practice these drills, and I kind of thought maybe it was a drill, because they do have drills, but when I saw the SWAT on the building, I knew it wasn’t.”
