Houston police: No injuries amid reports of hospital gunfire
HOUSTON — No one was found injured and there was no evidence that a shooting happened amid reports of gunfire Tuesday inside a hospital at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, authorities said.
“I can’t say there was no shooting,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said. “I am confident if there was a threat, that threat is not present here now. We have thoroughly searched this facility on more than one occasion. There is no reason to fear.”
He said dogs trained to detect gunfire found no evidence and that normal operations at Ben Taub Hospital, one of the city’s major trauma centres, were resuming. Officers were left on each floor as a precaution. The hospital has nearly 500 beds.
Witnesses reported hearing “two large bangs,” the chief said.