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Man in custody after Texas hospital gun scare

Jan 1, 2014, 3:10 AM

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A man is in custody after police got calls about a possible gunman at a San Antonio hospital, but officers say no shots were fired, no injuries were reported and no one saw a gun.

San Antonio police Sgt. Javier Salazar told the San Antonio Express-News (
http://bit.ly/1amVY7D) that a person of interest was apprehended Tuesday night near Methodist Stone Oak Hospital.

The hospital was on lockdown while police did room-to-room searches. Officers also shut down a couple of roads near the hospital during their investigation.

Salazar says it’s unclear what charges the person could face, if any.

(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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