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Two Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide at Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital

Police report no ongoing threat to patients or staff.

Overview

  • Officers responded just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday to reports of shots fired at the hospital’s Women’s Center, according to Homewood police.
  • A woman and a man were found dead from gunshot wounds, and no other injuries were reported, authorities said.
  • Investigators are treating the incident as an apparent murder-suicide, and the investigation remains active.
  • Baptist Health said the facility was placed on lockdown out of caution and stated there was no active threat; the lockdown was lifted hours later, the New York Post reported.
  • Crime-scene investigators were still processing the area late Sunday night as evidence collection continued.