Tulsa shooting: Five dead in attack on medical clinic
Witnesses have recalled what happened when a gunman armed with a rifle and handgun opened fire on a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and took his own life after killing four others.
Officers responded to the scene within four minutes on Wednesday afternoon to find a “catastrophic scene”, said Tulsa police Capt Richard Meulenberg.
Staff and patients rushed from the Natalie Medical Building and others took shelter during the attack, which came only eight days after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two adults were killed.
One man who escaped the Tulsa hospital with his wife told reporters the gunman – who has not been identified – told them “he was not there for him”.
Tulsa police have described the shooting as “very specific” with the suspect having a “very specific purpose,” CNN reported. They are still to outline a motive or name the four victims, who could include hospital staff and patients.
