Six people were injured – four critically – after an early morning shootout outside the entrance to a Memphis emergency room that prompted an hours-long lockdown.
Just before 8 a.m. the hospital announced the lockdown had been lifted and nearby streets were reopened.
Six patients were injured in the shooting at the city’s Methodist North Hospital around 12:47 a.m. on Tuesday and transported to local hospitals.
Two of the victims were taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in critical condition, but one was upgraded to non-critical.
Four victims were taken to Regional One, with three of the four now being questioned by police because they were in possession of a stolen car, police said.
Local news outlet ABC24 reported earlier that a silver sedan had stopped at the median of the intersection Austin Peay and Walter K Singleton parkway.
The vehicle had at least 20 bullet holes in its driver’s side, the report said.
The shooting occurred outside the entrance to the city’s Methodist North Hospital emergency room, with police arriving to the scene at around 12:47 a.m. on Tuesday
‘Early this morning, a shooting occurred near Methodist North Hospital. No hospital employees were harmed. Six patients were treated and transported to Regional One and Le Bonheur hospitals,’ the hospital wrote in a statement.
‘We appreciate the swift action from our employees to guide patients away from the ED waiting area so our security team and Memphis Police Department could respond quickly… The hospital is not on lockdown at this time.’