Johns Hopkins Hospital Shooting [UPDATED]

Johns Hopkins shooting

A shooting has taken place at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

The shooter (later identified as Paul Warren Pardus) shot a doctor and then barricaded himself in a hospital room. (Update: A spokesperson for Johns Hopkins Hospital says that the shooter has been shot and killed.)

The shooting took place on Johns Hopkins’ eighth floor of the main hospital building. Initially the hospital was being evacuated but now it’s only the eighth floor that is on lock down.

The condition of the doctor is not known at this time. Details, as they come in, will be posted.

UPDATE: The doctor who was shot at Johns Hopkins hospital is said to be in critical condition. The shooter was reportedly angry about his mother’s medical treatment. He had threatened to jump out of a window at one point.

Every officer was called to the scene, including those from other districts. SWAT was also at the scene of the crime.

The doctor is expected to survive. A police spokesperson said: “The doctor will be OK. He’s in the best place in the world – at Johns Hopkins hospital.”

UPDATE: The shooter, tentatively identified as 50-year old Paul Warren Pardus, shot himself and then killed his mother. Multiple sources named the doctor as Dr. David B. Cohen, orthopedic surgeon.

Paul Warren Pardus was said to have become distraught after talking with doctors about his mother’s condition.

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