Oh What A Mess It Is

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@DWDavis (25812)
Pikeville, North Carolina
February 21, 2017 5:18pm CST
What's going on in Houston? First I heard there was an active shooter situation at a hospital. Then I heard that no one had actually seen a gun, nor had anyone actually been shot. Still, the hospital was evacuated. Now I read that no shooter, no victim, and no evidence of gunfire was found in two searches of the hospital. The police were called when several people heard someone say "Drop the gun, drop the gun," followed by 2 loud bangs. However, nothing was found. So what was going on? I guess we'll have to wait for the investigation to be completed.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
21 Feb 17
So why did they evacuate the hospital? They brought out gurneys that were covered. Bodies or what? There is probably more to this story than meets the eye.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
21 Feb 17
@DWDavis There is always the chance that the shooter will run outside and attack the evacuated patients. Some of these people are truly demented.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
23 Feb 17
@akalinus That would have been truly horrific.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
23 Feb 17
@DWDavis Thankfully, this ended without incident and now they are saying there wasn't any shooter. That is kind of weird.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Feb 17
I hope we will find out soon. But good if there was not actually a shooting. I saw it on Fox a few minutes ago and patients out in the sun on gurneys.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
24 Feb 17
@DWDavis Its a good few days now, do you know if they ever found anyone DW?
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
21 Feb 17
I heard about it on CNN Radio on the way home, then read up on it online when I got home.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Feb 17
@TiarasOceanView The story seems to have dropped of the news media's radar.
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katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
22 Feb 17
This is the first I'm hearing of this! Keep us posted!
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katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
22 Feb 17
@DWDavis strange.. guess you can't be too careful though.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
23 Feb 17
@katsmeow1213 The reports I've seen say nothing has turned up and there is no evidence of any kind of shooting having taken place. I think they need to check if a TV was turned up too loud with a cop show on.
DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Feb 17
It seems there was no shooter or shots fired, but they are still investigating.
DianneN
@DianneN (246720)
• United States
22 Feb 17
I feel like an idiot. I didn't hear a thing about it and watched CNN earlier.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Feb 17
Here is the story from earlier today.
Reports of shots fired at Texas hospital - CNN Video
www.cnn.com
Police are responding to a call of shots fired at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston. Patients and staff are being evacuated as police investigate. CNN's Nick Valencia reports.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Feb 17
@DianneN If it was a hoax, I hope they catch those responsible, considering how many patients were put at risk.
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DianneN
@DianneN (246720)
• United States
22 Feb 17
@DWDavis Thank you. I don't know what to make of it, since it's so long ago that this happened. I suppose the hospital followed protocol. I'll check the news for any updates. Crazy!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 17
That all sounds very strange. I guess it would be good if it were a hoax but how inconvenient for all concerned.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Feb 17
My worry is that it might have been some kind of test of the police response by a group with nefarious intentions.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Feb 17
@DWDavis I had't thought of that.
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115992)
• United States
21 Feb 17
I haven't seen anything about this
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
21 Feb 17
It was on CNN Radio and FOXNews Radio this afternoon on my way home, and on MSN news when I logged in upon arriving home.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Feb 17
If there was a terror attack in Sweden anything can happen anywhere
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Feb 17
@DWDavis Soon we shall know what Trump is up to He seems hell bent on eradicating illegal immigrants come what way
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
23 Feb 17
The scary thing is, within days of Her Trump's misstatement about a terror attack in Sweden, there was a riot involving mainly Muslim immigrants in Sweden.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134458)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Feb 17
Hopefully it was people joking around.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Feb 17
I'm worried it might have been some group testing the police and hospital response.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (48929)
• United States
22 Feb 17
I must have missed this. There is so much craziness going on.
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Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11133)
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22 Feb 17
Maybe this is an experiment in how far fake news can be spread?
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
23 Feb 17
I hope that's not it. My fear is it was done by an extremist group to test police response.
paigea
@paigea (35678)
• Canada
22 Feb 17
I missed all that news today. My excitement was a student pulled the fire alarm and it couldn't be turned off for an hour! I hope the it turns out there was no threat at the hospital
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Feb 17
False alarms are bad news and can lead to other problems, especially if they go on for a long time like that one did.
paigea
@paigea (35678)
• Canada
22 Feb 17
@DWDavis the person with the key was not at school today. Annoying!
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Feb 17
I've been out all day, so this is the first I've heard of it (MyLot: Your #1 news source!) Hopefully, nothing came of it.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
23 Feb 17
The police found no evidence that any shots had been fired inside the hospital.
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Feb 17
@DWDavis - Good to know.
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