Tulsa Hospital Shooting: Shooter Kills Himself After Opening Fire At Patients, Medical Staff

Tulsa, Oklahoma -- A gunman fatally shot four people in an Oklahoma medical building Wednesday before he died of a self-inflicted wound, police said.

The unidentified man opened fire in one section of the second floor of the Natalie Medical Building on the campus of St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa Wednesday afternoon, The New York Times reported, citing Eric Dalgleish, deputy police chief of the Tulsa Police Department (TPD).

He carried a rifle and a handgun during the shooting, and both were used, according to the official.

Four civilians died as a result of the incident, police said. The shooter died from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Dagleish was cited as saying by CNN.

Several others, believed to be less than 10 people, were injured, but they did not suffer any life-threatening injuries, according to Capt. Richard Meulenberg of the TPD.

The victims, whose identities were not revealed, appeared to be a combination of patients and hospital employees, according to Dalgleish.

It was unclear if the shooter had a specific target in mind, but Meulenberg noted that he went to the second floor "with purpose."

Police arrived at the scene four minutes after they received a call about the shooting shortly past 4:50 p.m., according to Dalgleish. No officers were injured, the official said.

Authorities do not believe anyone else is in danger. However, a bomb squad has been sent to a residence in Muskogee, Oklahoma, after the local police department was alerted that the gunman may have left a bomb there.

The Muskogee Police Department is still working to obtain a search warrant to check the home.

Officials have not released the name of the shooter or any information regarding him due to the ongoing investigation at the scene as well as investigations underway at other locations, according to Meulenberg. However, the shooter was described as a Black male between 35 and 40 years old.

"So we're still working with other agencies and other jurisdictions as this is related to a much bigger issue with this shooter," he said.

In a statement released Wednesday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt called the shooting at St. Francis Hospital "a senseless act of violence and hatred."

St. Francis Health System, which runs the hospital, announced on Facebook that all Warren Clinic appointments scheduled before noon Thursday have been canceled and that some offices will be closed for the remainder of the week "to allow our staff and caregivers the opportunity to process today's tragic incidents."

President Joe Biden has reportedly been briefed on the shooting, which occurred eight days after a teenage shooter killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.