Updated 5 hours ago
The Escondido Police Department is investigating a possible shooting near the Palomar Medical Center.
Officers responded to the hospital on Citricado Parkway at around 3 p.m. for reports of a theft inside the hospital, according to the department. Derryl Acosta, a spokesperson for the hospital, said a staff member s backpack was stolen.
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A security guard witnessed the theft, and an officer who was on scene chased the thief off the property, according to Acosta.
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ESCONDIDO
Escondido police are investigating after an officer heard a gunshot while chasing a suspected thief from Palomar Hospital on Friday afternoon.
Officers initially went to the hospital, on Citricado Parkway, after someone reported that a bag had been stolen, an Escondido police sergeant said.
When police arrived, the suspected thief ran into bushes near the hospital, police spokesman Lt. Bode Berreth said. One of the officers chasing him heard a gunshot.
Police set up a perimeter in residential neighborhood just east of the hospital and are continuing to search for the suspected thief and the source of the gunshot.