today at johns hopkins hospital. tonight we ve learned the gunman and his mother lived in arlington. fox 5 is working all the angles on this story and begin with bob barnard live at the hospital. reporter: tonight the johns hopkins hospital is reportedly back operating as usual, but this place was chaotic during the midday. for a little more than two hours thursday one of the nation s most prestigeous hospitals became an uncertain crime scene with shots fired inside baltimore s johns hopkins hospital. it s scary just knowing that someone is on the outside on a rampage with a gun in a hospital where we re supposed to be protected. reporter: baltimore police say just after 11 a.m. a doctor was shot in the hallway on the eighth floor. the alleged gunman, so not of a female patient originally the son of a female patient originally identified as warren davis. mr. davis was receiving some news about the care and the condition of his mother just outside the doorway to that
probably i heap that s not hope that s not him. reporter: he was traveling with cousin and ray watley and friend tony burney. that vehicle traveling that excessive rate of speed was on top of them. i m andrea mccarran in baltimore at johns hopkins where a gunman opened fire and killed himself and mother after wounding a doctor. moments after a doctor briefed paul warren partis about his mother s condition, police say he opened fire. and fired a single gunshot that struck the doctor in the lower chest, upper abdomen. reporter: as s.w.a.t. teams surrounded the building, the hospital went into lockdown. my boss came running in to tell me to stay put where i m at, because there is a guy running around with a gun and we don t know what he s going to do. reporter: some hospital staffers say partis was angry that his mother s final surgery allegedly left her paralyzed. and that doctor that partis shot has been identified. his name is dr. david cohen and he s just
room. ashley davis saw the wounded daughter at he went by. he was talking, everything like that, and, i mean, he looked he appeared to be fine to me when i seen him. i only seen him probably about 30 seconds. reporter: employees were told by e-mail and text messages to shelter in place. my boss told me what happened. there was a guy running around with a gun and to stay put and that was it. what did you do at that point? i stayed put and then i came out here with my co-workers. reporter: after assessing the situation, police reopened the campus, but kept several floors of the nelson building locked down. at about 1:30 p.m., our s.w.a.t team was able to determine that inside the room we were able to see that mr. davis was down on the floor suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and that his mother was also unresponsive in her bed. reporter: johns hopkins officials says the police response left them breathless. the warnings performed flawlessly. preliminaril
but he was conscious. yes. reporter: paul warren pardis opened fire after hearing the condition of his mother. he was being briefed by a doctor, a staff doctor, at johns hopkins, about the condition of his mother, who s identified at jean davis. mr. davis was receiving some news about the care and the condition of his mother just outside the doorway to that room when he became emotionally distraught. reporter: in the confusion that followed, police weren t sure exactly what they were dealing with. all but two patients were evacuated off the 8th floor. employees were told by text message and e-mail to shelter in place. there was a man on rampage with a gun in a hospital where we re supposed to be protected. reporter: after assessing the situation, the police reopened the campus but kept several floors of the nelson building locked down. at about 1:30 p.m. our s.w.a.t team was able to determine that inside the room we were able to see that mr. davis was down on
would call neighbors to ask could we get a hairdresser come in and help my mom look pretty. and a neighbor that would say i saw your tree needs cutting and let me get rid of it out in the country because my mom wants a ride to the country. but for what happened in baltimore, andrea mccarran has been taped it all day and joins us live with the details. reporter: what a tough story. paul warren partis was apparently distraught over his mother s postoperative care. the wounded doctor, an associate professor and orthopedic surgeon, david b. cohen underwent surgery and is expected to survive. moments after a doctor briefed partis about his mother s condition, he opened fire. removed a small semi- automatic handgun from his waist area, waistband area, and fired a single gunshot that struck the doctor in the lower chest, upper abdomen. reporter: as s.w.a.t. teams surrounded the building, the hospital went into lockdown. i m about to leave and i was leaving they said get back