2 hurt, 1 arrested in New Orleans hospital shooting

Two people were injured in a Feb. 11 shooting at New Orleans-based University Medical Center, reports CBS affiliate WWL-TV.

A man and woman were having an argument on an emergency room on-ramp in the late morning when the woman pulled out a gun and fired several shots at the man, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Shaun Ferguson told WWL-TV.

Police said the shooter missed her target, instead hitting a 55-year-old man inside the hospital lobby and a 55-year-old woman just outside the lobby. Their wounds are not life-threatening, police said.

The shooter has been arrested, reports WWL-TV. The incident was not an active shooter, but instead a domestic incident, police said, according to NBC's WDSU.

University Medical Center confirms that an incident involving a gun discharge occurred outside the emergency department. It appears that the incident was the result of an altercation that began off campus, according to the hospital.  

University Medical Center, LCMC Health, can confirm that an incident involving a gun discharge occurred outside the Emergency Department at approximately 11:30 a.m. today. No members of the UMC staff were injured. It appears that the incident was the result of an altercation that began off campus. No hospital personnel or patients were a target. The hospital’s Public Safety team is working closely with the New Orleans Police Department in its investigation.

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