Reno hospital shooting investigation continues as police try to unearth the motives behind the crime.
A lone gunman opened fire in a medical building in Reno, Nevada last Tuesday, shooting one person dead and injuring two others. The shooter died soon after due to a gunshot wound he had inflicted on himself, police reported.
There were no other reported deaths and injuries after initial investigation.
The Reno hospital shooting started a few minutes after 2 p.m. at the building flanking the Renown Regional Medical Center, said Deputy Chief Tom Robinson of the Reno Police. The incident is the lastest in a string of fatal gun violence at populated, public venues in the U.S. this 2013.
A video footage taken by one of the bystanders near the location of the incident depicted police rushing into the building. Robinson later on confirmed in a news conference that the police did not fire any shots and declared the hospital building "secure and safe."
The Reno hospital building prompted the lockdown of the entire medical center but it was soon lifted after the police took control of the scene of the crime, explained Robinson.
The Deputy Chief futher reported that two people in all died in the shooting, including the perpetrator, who had taken his own life with his gun and that the two who had been injured were currently seeking medical treatment at another local hospital.
The corpses of the gunman and the victim were found on the medical building's third floor during a thorough, room to room sweep of the entire building. The two bodies were not immediately identified, said Robinson.
"We are still in the middle of processing the crime scene, and we don't want to compromise it by just rushing up to try to identify who the deceased people are," Robinson said to reporters, explaining that investigators were still in the middle of interviewing the witnesses of the shooting.
Robinson did not give any more details regarding the Reno hospital shooting, including the number of shots fired and the conditions of the injured victims.
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