Officer Shot in Cincinnati?

Emily Wood‏Verified account @EmilyWoodWLWT

5m5 minutes ago

Heavy police activity near UC Medical Center, Goodman Ave, Burnett and MLK. Reported officer shot, unconfirmed what jurisdiction or type of officer.

Yikes...Not far up the road from where I work.

That sounds about like a typical day in that part of the neighborhood right? Maybe not typical for a cop being shot but someone being shot.

Active shooter...1 officer shot. Keep your head down, UKMF!

WLWT Channel 5 is reporting that the active shooter is believed to be downed.

Sounding like the shooter may actually be inside the UC Hospital...and now it's not necessarily clear whether or not the shooter has been downed.

Cincinnati Police‏ @CincyPD 5m5 minutes agoMore

@CincyPD responded to UC Psychiatric Emergency Services for the report of an active shooter. Scene is stabilized, more info to follow.

UC Health‏ @uc_health 44m44 minutes agoMore

Police responded to an active shooter this afternoon at the UC Health Business Center. Suspect is down. Employees should remain in their areas. Visitors please avoid the area if possible.

Mary Tignor‏Verified account @MARyWLWT

6m6 minutes ago

#UPDATE: CPD says an unarmed security officer for UC Health was shot by a person who tried to get into the psychiatric emergency area. CPD chief says shooter then shot and killed himself.

Mary Tignor‏Verified account @MARyWLWT

6m6 minutes ago

 

#UPDATE: CPD says an unarmed security officer for UC Health was shot by a person who tried to get into the psychiatric emergency area. CPD chief says shooter then shot and killed himself.

I realize that shooting one's self is a quick way to die, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm way too much of a big wuss to ever be able to do something like that, and it blows my mind how often we hear of this such thing happening.

I realize that shooting one's self is a quick way to die, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm way too much of a big wuss to ever be able to do something like that, and it blows my mind how often we hear of this such thing happening.

Given that this person was trying to force their way into a psych ward, they may be missing a few marbles themselves.

Given that this person was trying to force their way into a psych ward, they may be missing a few marbles themselves.

Tru Dat...good point.

Prayers are with that security officer hoping for a full recovery as far as the nut job good riddance.

First, thoughts are with the security officer.

Second, I’m not sure how you justify a security officer at a psych ward entrance being unarmed. Ones that patrol the halls? Let them be unarmed. But if one is working at the entrance, how can they not be armed? They are at a metal detector. The purpose of that metal detector is to stop people from bringing weapons in. If someone does have a weapon, and the security officer is unarmed, what are they supposed to do?

First, thoughts are with the security officer.

 

Second, I’m not sure how you justify a security officer at a psych ward entrance being unarmed. Ones that patrol the halls? Let them be unarmed. But if one is working at the entrance, how can they not be armed? They are at a metal detector. The purpose of that metal detector is to stop people from bringing weapons in. If someone does have a weapon, and the security officer is unarmed, what are they supposed to do?

This^

First, thoughts are with the security officer.

 

Second, I’m not sure how you justify a security officer at a psych ward entrance being unarmed. Ones that patrol the halls? Let them be unarmed. But if one is working at the entrance, how can they not be armed? They are at a metal detector. The purpose of that metal detector is to stop people from bringing weapons in. If someone does have a weapon, and the security officer is unarmed, what are they supposed to do?

If security has a gun, and one of the nuts goes nuts and takes it from him, now you have a nut nut with a weapon in the nut house.

That would be the justification for an unarmed security. Didnt say it was a good one.