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| Virginia Beach Shooting: ‘Multiple Injuries’ Reported, Police Say | Virginia Beach Shooting: ‘Multiple Injuries’ Reported, Police Say |
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| A shooting at a municipal center in Virginia Beach on Friday afternoon has resulted in multiple injuries, the police said. | A shooting at a municipal center in Virginia Beach on Friday afternoon has resulted in multiple injuries, the police said. |
| The police said on Twitter that they believed there was only one gunman, who has been taken into custody. | The police said on Twitter that they believed there was only one gunman, who has been taken into custody. |
| Dale T. Gauding, a spokesman for Sentara Healthcare, said five patients were taken to Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. | |
| One patient at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital was being picked up by helicopter and transferred to a trauma center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, he said. Details on their conditions were not immediately available. | |
| which has 12 hospitals in the region, said victims were being taken to at least two of them but that the total number of patients was not yet clear. | |
| A city councilwoman, Barbara Henley, told The Virginian-Pilot that she was pulling up to City Hall, which is next to the municipal building, when she heard police sirens and saw police cars. | A city councilwoman, Barbara Henley, told The Virginian-Pilot that she was pulling up to City Hall, which is next to the municipal building, when she heard police sirens and saw police cars. |
| “I thought it was an accident,” Ms. Henley said. | “I thought it was an accident,” Ms. Henley said. |
| She said she learned there had been a shooting and heard a male voice shout, “Get down!” | She said she learned there had been a shooting and heard a male voice shout, “Get down!” |
| People scattered. | People scattered. |
| “I was scared to death,” she said. | “I was scared to death,” she said. |
| Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia said on Twitter: “My team and I are actively monitoring the situation in Virginia Beach. Please stay away from the area and follow all instructions from law enforcement.” |