Four people have been shot in a Monday afternoon incident which resulted in a lockdown at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.
According to Columbus Police Chief Joseph Daughtry, an incident occurred in the parking lot outside of the hospital just before 4 p.m., and officers responded within two minutes.
The four shooting victims were taken into custody as active participants in the shooting, according to Daughtry.
As one of the males was taken into custody, The Dispatch witnessed a civilian warning the victim not to talk to law enforcement. The Dispatch reporter approached the civilian to request an interview but was rebuffed.
Two victims were in surgery at BMH-GT as of Monday afternoon, one was airlifted to a Memphis hospital and the fourth was being evaluated.
Nearly a dozen armed law enforcement officers were seen entering the hospital in tactical gear after the incident to clear the building, but Daughtry said hospital staff and patients were not in immediate danger during the incident.
The lockdown of the hospital was lifted just before 5 p.m. Columbus Municipal School District’s Brandon Central Office was temporarily locked down, but no students were in the building, according to the district’s public information officer Mary Pollitz.
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