Charleston, WV (WOAY) – A suspect is dead after a shooting involving a police officer inside a Charleston hospital.
According to officials with the Charleston Police Department, the incident was reported just before 2:00 a.m. Friday morning in the emergency department of Vandalia Health CAMC General Hospital.
Officers with the CPD were dispatched to the hospital where they quickly made contact with a suspect wielding a knife. The suspect entered an elevator as it was opening, attacking an employee inside. The officer was forced to shoot the suspect to protect the employee inside. The suspect later died from a gunshot wound.
The identity of the suspect is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The ER was placed on lockdown as a safety precaution and to give officers time to investigate the incident.
The facility has since reopened.
