Gunman reported inside US Navy hospital in San Diego: base spokesman
A security alert was issued at the U.S. Naval Medical Center in San Diego Thursday after a gunman was reported to have been seen inside the main hospital, but no shots were fired, a base spokesman said.
The base reported on its Facebook page that an “active shooter” was present on the base and advised all personnel and their families to avoid the area.
Base spokesman Michael Wiener told Reuters that military security were on the scene searching for a suspect.
A caller to the hospital reported seeing an unidentified man with a firearm on the fourth floor of the facility’s west wing, a nursing ward, prompting shelter-in-place orders to be issued for the hospital, Wiener said.
The medical center, about 2 miles (3 km) north of downtown San Diego, includes a 272-bed hospital and staff of more than 6,500 military and civilian professionals. San Diego is home to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet.
An active-shooter situation reported at the facility in January proved to be a false alarm.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman)
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WATCH: Republicans throw tantrum and call Chairman Nadler a ‘dictator’ for announcing Friday vote on impeachment
Republicans freaked out on Thursday after Chairman Jerry Nadler announced that the House Judiciary Committee will be holding a Friday vote on the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
After 11 p.m. on Thursday, Nadler announced that the committee would resume its work and vote on impeachment on Friday.
The Chairman announced he would divide the issue and allow separate votes on each article of impeachment at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) freaked out over the vote being called, even though Democrats had repeatedly said through the two-day hearing that there would be a vote before members left for the weekend.
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Mitch McConnell says he’s in ‘total coordination with the White House’ on Trump’s impeachment
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said clearly on Thursday what many have assumed: When articles of impeachment come over from the House of Representatives, as is expected, to his chamber, he will be acting virtually as President Donald Trump’s defense attorney.
“Everything I do during this, I’m coordinating with White House counsel,” he said on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show. “There will be no difference between the President’s position and our position as to how to handle this.”
He noted that, unlike the many other issues that come to his chamber, he’s unable to block impeachment. If it comes, he has to hold a trial, he admitted somewhat ruefully.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ruling party appeared on course for a sweeping victory in Thursday's snap election, an exit poll showed, paving the way for Britain to leave the EU next month after years of political deadlock.
The Conservatives were forecast to win a thumping 368 out of 650 seats in parliament -- which if confirmed would be the party's biggest majority in three decades -- according to the survey published as polls closed.
The pound jumped by about two percent against the dollar on the projected results of what all sides had painted as the most momentous election in Britain in a generation.
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