Wilmington Hospital ‘shooting’ LIVE: Delaware site on lockdown as police say ‘avoid area’ | World | News

A hospital campus in the US has been put on lockdown following reports of a shooting. Police were deployed to a hospital in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday afternoon, with several police vehicles lined up outside the site on the 500 block of West 14th Street.

As members of the public were urged by Wilmington Police Department to avoid the area, ChristianaCare, the manager of the site, said Wilmington Hospital campus was on lockdown, and “emergency department is on divert”. Law enforcement officials told ABC News that preliminary information indicated two employees were shot.

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