Hospital in California goes into lockdown amid reports of an active shooter, sparking enormous police response and SWAT search of the campus
Reports of gunfire at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield around 8pm
Police searched the campus and visitors barricaded themselves into rooms
Cops said they had not heard any gunfire while they were by the hospital
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Reports of an active shooter at a hospital in California sparked a huge police response on Wednesday night.
Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield went into lockdown as police searched room-to-room and visitors barricaded themselves into rooms at 9.45pm, according to local media.
Unconfirmed reports of shots being heard surfaced at around 8pm, prompting police to arrive at the scene and conduct a room-to-room search.
https:// www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6018087/Hospital-California-goes-lockdown-amid-reports-active-shooter.html