据警方称,周三,俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨市圣弗朗西斯医院的娜塔莉大楼发生枪击事件,造成至少四人死亡,多人受伤。
当地时间下午5点左右,警方接到一个电话,称一名男子带着一支步枪在一家诊所附近行走。据塔尔萨警察队长理查德·穆伦伯格(Richard Meulenberg)说,当警方回应时,他们说这变成了一个活跃的枪手局面。
当局说,当警察进入大楼时,他们发现二楼的一个区域有多人中枪,其中包括一个骨科办公室。当局最初说,受害者可能是员工和游客的组合。娜塔莉大楼是医院校园内的医疗大楼。
“警察立即赶到枪击发生的二楼,当他们到达那里时,他们发现有几个人被击中,一对夫妇当时已经死亡,”穆伦伯格告诉美国广播公司新闻。“我们当时还发现,我们相信并且仍然相信枪手是谁,因为他带着一支长步枪和一把手枪。”
塔尔萨枪击案发生在一连串射在美国,包括乌瓦尔迪拍摄在德克萨斯州,21人死亡,包括19名儿童大规模枪击案在纽约布法罗超市,10名黑人被枪杀。穆伦伯格说,塔尔萨的一名受害者在试图寻求医疗救助离开现场后死亡。目前还不清楚还有多少人在枪击中受伤,但穆伦伯格认为不到10人。
据塔尔萨市副局长埃里克·达尔格莱什称,枪手死于明显的自残枪伤。他在一次新闻发布会上说,警方仍在努力确认枪手嫌疑人的身份,据信该男子年龄在35岁至40岁之间。
Dalgleish说,看来两种武器都发射了。他说,目前还不清楚嫌疑人是否专门针对某个人。
2022年6月1日,俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨市,塔尔萨警察局参加枪击现场。
塔尔萨警察局。
警方表示,他们挨个房间搜查了这座五层楼的医疗大楼,以确保大楼的安全。
“我们正在一层一层、一个房间一个房间地仔细搜查...已经平静下来了。我们试图联系人们,我们希望不要找到任何受害者,”穆伦伯格说。
警方表示,他们还在调查一个可能的炸弹威胁,该威胁可能与嫌疑枪手有关。
周三晚上,马斯科吉警察局长约翰尼·蒂希(Johnny Teehee)表示,当局在收到嫌疑人“可能在该住宅留下炸弹”的线索后,疏散了俄克拉荷马州马斯科吉(Muskogee)的一所住宅,该住宅位于塔尔萨东南约50英里处。
他说,一个拆弹小组在现场,警方正在努力获得搜查住所的搜查令。
马斯科吉市长马龙·科尔曼后来说拆弹小组清除了潜在威胁的位置,现场已经“移交给必要的当局”
塔尔萨警察局表示,要远离枪击事件发生的地区,家庭团聚将在拉福滕公园西侧的纪念高中举行。
At least 4 dead, multiple people injured in shooting at Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical building: Police
One of the Tulsa victims died after leaving the scene trying to seek medical aid, Meulenberg said. It is unclear at this time how many others were wounded in the shooting, though Meulenberg believed it to be under 10.
The shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Tulsa Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish. Police were still working to confirm the identity of the suspected shooter, a man believed to be between the ages of 35 and 40, he said during a briefing.
It appears both weapons were fired, Dalgleish said. It is unclear if the suspect was targeting anyone specifically, he said.
Police said they went through the five-story medical complex room by room to secure the building.
"We are doing a meticulous floor-by-floor, room-by-room search ... It's calmed down. We're trying to connect people and we're hoping not to find any victims," Meulenberg said.
Police said they are also investigating a possible bomb threat that may be connected to the suspected shooter.
Authorities evacuated a home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, about 50 miles southeast of Tulsa, after receiving a tip that the suspect "may have left a bomb at this residence," Muskogee Chief of Police Johnny Teehee said Wednesday night.
A bomb squad was on scene and police were working to obtain a warrant to search the residence, he said.
Muskogee Mayor Marlon Coleman latersaidthe bomb squad cleared the location of a potential threat, and that the scene had been "turned over to the necessary authorities."
The Tulsa Police Department said to stay away from the area of the shooting and that reunification for families will be at Memorial High School on the west side of LaFortune Park.
Tulsa Mayor G. T. Bynum expressed "profound gratitude" for the "broad range of first responders who did not hesitate today to respond to this act of violence."
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt also praised the first responders who "did their best to contain a terrible situation" and offered to provide the city with any state resources needed.
"What happened today in Tulsa is a senseless act of violence and hatred," hesaid on Twitter.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been briefed on the shooting, White House officials said.
"The White House is closely monitoring the situation and has reached out to state and local officials to offer support," the White House said in a statement.