Authorities responded to a call about a man who was armed with a rifle in the Natalie Medical Building, a doctor’s office building on the campus of St. John’s Hospital. Francis, according to a Facebook post from the Tulsa Police Department.
“At this time, we can confirm that the shooter is dead,” police said in a statement. “Officers are currently going through all the rooms in the building to see if there are any additional threats.”
Police were evacuating the building and evacuating the victims Wednesday evening, Richard Meulenberg said Wednesday with police.
“We have several floors … with hundreds of rooms and hundreds of people inside the building,” he said.
“We’re treating this as a catastrophic scene right now,” Meulenberg said.
Police added that there was a reunion site for family and friends at Memorial High School west of LaFortune Park.
This is a story in development and will be updated.