Mecical personnels evacuate a patient from Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, the United States, Feb. 21, 2017. The police of Houston, a city in south America, rushed to a downtown hospital Tuesday afternoon after reports of shots fired inside the building. (Xinhua/Zhong Jia)
HOSUTON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The police of Houston, a city in south America, rushed to a downtown hospital Tuesday afternoon after reports of shots fired inside the building.
Both Houston police and the Ben Taul Hospital confirmed the reports of an active shooter who fired shots about 2 p.m. local time.
But after a preliminary investigation, police said they hadn't found any suspect and there were no victims of the possible shooting.
More than 200 police officers, some with assault rifles, responded to the scene where patients have been evacuated.
Witnesses said that they heard people screaming and running inside the hospital. Doctors told them that there had been shots fired on the second floor of the hospital building.
