One killed and one injured in Dallas hospital shooting as suspect is shot and taken into custody

One nurse was killed and another injured in a shooting near the delivery rooms at Methodist Dallas Medical Center on Saturday morning. 

Texas police rushed to the hospital on North Beckley Avenue shortly before noon after calls came in about a shooting inside the medical facility. 

Police told WFAA that the suspect was shot at by an officer with Methodist Police and taken into custody. 

Law enforcement sources told the local outlet that the two victims are believed to be nurses at the hospital, who police found near the labor and delivery area of the hospital. 

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One person was killed and another injured in a shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center on Saturday morning. Police rushed to the scene shortly before noon (above) 

Sources said the two victims are believed to be nurses at the hospital, who police found near the labor and delivery area of the hospital

The suspected shooter was fired at by hospital police and taken into custody 

The Dallas Police Department Homicide Unit and Special Investigations Unit are on the scene investigating the shooting and assisting hospital police. 

A news conference over the details of the shooting is planned for a later time. 

A hospital spokesperson confirmed that the medical center was set to host a tour of it’s new Linda and Mitch Hart Breast Center for breast cancer survivors less than an hour before the shooting.  

The Dallas Police Department Homicide Unit and Special Investigations Unit are investigating the scene and assisting hosptial police

The incident took place less than an hour before the hospital was set to start a tour of its new Linda and Mitch Hart Breast Center for breast cancer survivors

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