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Shooter, 1 victim dead after medical center shooting

Posted at 6:32 PM, Dec 17, 2013
and last updated 2013-12-17 18:32:37-05

(CNN) –The shooter and a person at a medical building at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, are dead, police in Reno said Tuesday. Two other people were injured.

A shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon at the Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, according to Dawn Damon of the city’s communications center.

The Nevada Emergency Management Office said on its official Twitter page that four people have been injured at the hospital and the shooter was contained.

Earlier, the University of Nevada police tweeted that there was an active shooter and faculty, staff and students should find shelter where they were.

CNN first learned of the shooting through the university police department’s Twitter account.

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