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Officials have declined to release information about the
identities of the victims or the condition of a person who was
shot and survived. The city said the shooting is believed to
have been targeted and isolated.
ChristianaCare, which operates the hospital, said in an emailed
statement it had diverted patients from its emergency department
and was “taking all appropriate steps to ensure the safety of
our patients, caregivers and visitors.”
A lockdown at the hospital had been lifted by Tuesday night.
At the news conference, Wilmington Mayor John Carney
acknowledged the victims and hospital workers who hid as law
enforcement went from room to room, clearing the building.
“If ever there is a place that should be a sanctuary for such
violence, that is the place,” Carney said.
Kristen Lackford was recovering from feeding tube surgery when
her hospital room door was suddenly kicked open by law
enforcement with large guns and helmets, she said.
Lackford said it was scary watching the team search under her
bed and in her bathroom before marking her door with a large
letter “C” and never explaining why they were there.
When she finally learned what had happened and that the shooter
could still be in the building, Lackford said she felt like “a
sitting duck.”
“There was absolutely nothing that I could do to make myself
feel safe,” she said.
Violence has been a persistent problem at hospitals across the
U.S.
Wilmington, which has about 71,000 residents and is Delaware's
largest city, is about 25 miles (40 km) south of Philadelphia.
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