One dead, suspect in custody after Arkansas hospital shooting

 One dead, suspect in custody after Arkansas hospital shooting

The shooting at the CHI St. Vincent North hospital resulted in one person who died and a "person of interest" who was taken into custody, according to Sherwood Police Chief Jeff Hagar.

One person died following a report of an active shooter inside an Arkansas hospital Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Sherwood police responded about 10 a.m. to a report of shots fired and a possible active shooter inside CHI St. Vincent North, said Sherwood Police Chief Jeff Hagar during an afternoon news conference Wednesday.

When officers arrived, the hospital was placed on lockdown. Police discovered one person dead, Hagar said.

Chi St. Vincent Hospital in Sherwood, Ark.

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"Officers did locate one victim deceased from at least one gunshot wound at the hospital," he said. "We have taken a person of interest into custody as well."

Hagar declined to release the identities of the dead person or the person of interest. He said the investigation was in its "preliminary stages."

Hospital spokesperson Joshua Cook said the hospital is back to its regular activities. The lockdown was lifted Wednesday afternoon, he said.

"The hospital is once again seeing patients," Cook said.