twitter. here s one example. doctor critical after hopkins shooting, suspect barricaded himself. these days, people getting information via twitter and this is an example of if anyone was headed there, they would have gotten information. i m looking through a statement from the hospital, baltimore police and johns hopkins security officers are on the scene obviously. we ve seen those pictures. have asked employees, visitors, patients, care givers to stay in rooms and offices. okay. i would think that guidance still holds. haven t received any word of an all clear. wouldn t be prudent at this point. everyone in rooms are being advised to lock the doors where possible until further notice. makes sense there. no further information coming from hopkins at the moment. okay, so that s the statement from johns hopkins at this point, but the reporting right
place in the 11:00 a.m. eastern hour. the physician is in surgery now. we re going to try to get additional information on the condition of that doctor, but again, a police have the alleged shooter in custody. that person has been disarmed. as you take a look at johns hopkins here, just an enormous campus here, the main hospital on wolf street. the 600, if i remember my home city geography correctly, the 600 block of north wolf street there is where the main hospital of johns hopkins is. 982 beds there and a very tense, very serious set of circumstances situation unfolding there this morning. but it looks like at least in the reporting that we re getting right now, that police have the situation under control and that the alleged shooter is in custody. we will continue to update the story as we get additional information. right now, let s get to chad
anthony, did i pronounce your name correctly? you did a great job. i got to be quick because i m missing a briefing, but here s what we know. shortly after 11:00, we got calls for a gunman inside johns hopkins. a doctor was shot. was in critical condition. that has been downgraded to non-life threatening injuries. he is undergoing surgery as we speak. the suspect is in floor of the hospital. we have that floor contained. we have the suspect, we do not. we re in the process of executing a tactical operation and there is a small portion of the hospital being evacuated, however, if people plan to be treated here, that part of the hospital is open. the situation is contained to a small portion. i have no information on the relationship between the suspect and the doctor or the motive at this point. obviously, we want to get him and talk to him. so, that s pretty much what we
might as well take a real trip. see you next hour. let s update the breaking news. do we have a picture from wbal. over johns hopkins. the world renowned hospital. police are on the scene of a shooting inside the hospital and police got the call about 12, make that 11:12 p.m. reports of a shooting on north wolf street. we understand the victim is in critical care. in critical care right now. the shooter is, to our understanding, hiding inside of a patient s room on the eighth floor. it is unclear whether the unman is related. we don t know a lot about this story at this point. we re getting word from the associated press that the hospital has been, has been okay. we re getting additional information that the hospital has been evacuated and jenny,
north wolf street. 982 beds inside the hospital. huge facility there. lots of people were swarming to the scene, people coming and going. police swarming that building as if emergency alert came out. baltimore police say a doctor has been shot at johns hopkins and a suspect is hold up inside. a spokesperson says the hospital is on lock down. the doctor is in critical condition. the suspect has been barricaded into an area of the hospital. we have crews heading to the scene to learn the latest at the campus. stay with us onair and online for the latest news. guys in the control room, let s pull up the websites of our affiliates in baltimore. let s stay as current as we can on the reporting coming from the city itself. from baltimore. let s see if we can get kevin brown on the line with us. maybe he ll talk to us about