OMG...Fox just tried to talk to a medic..they approached him and said “can you say anything...how is it in there?” The guy shook his head and was actually crying...”terrible, terrible”...
Hearing at least 2 dead being reported already.
One of the hospitals was at max capacity. Not taking non life threatening patients.
This is it starting:
https://twitter.com/rancyrima/status/914743025292673029
Just got this from a reporter at UMCSN:
I have seen a handful of citizens speed-walking away from trauma center. Color drained from faces. Scrambling on their cell phones.
UMC staff told parent Angelica Ortiz, 36, trauma beds are FULL, Ortiz said. (She just left ER for SEPARATE reason—son had allergic reaction)
Additional calls are being sent to Sunrise Hospital, which also has a trauma center.
Fire dispatch logs show dozens of medical calls.
I just shared a cigarette w/ 1 trauma & 1 ER nurse. Both shaken. “We are stacked right now. I don’t think we’ve ever had anything like this”
ER nurse who said that has worked at UMC for 10 years. Trauma nurse just kept saying, “Jesus.” No estimate but multiple people shot.
Trauma nurse phoned a loved one. Got on ground, head down, took deep breaths. More & more staff wearing scrubs keep filing in UMC entrances
Growing group of citizens gathering near trauma entrance. Many on phones. Many crying. 1 woman screaming, “I don’t know, I don’t know”
Nurses said this all began w/ pair of officers running into UMC trauma entrance, helping carry a woman who was shot. Then, rush of patients
All this from this account:
https://twitter.com/rachelacrosby
https://twitter.com/rachelacrosby/status/914744643123736576