HPD: Two shot at pharmacy at Ben Taub Hospital

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Aerials of Ben Taub Hospital shooting
A look overhead at Ben Taub Hospital after two people were shot at the hospital's pharmacy

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police say a man fatally shot a woman in the pharmacy of Ben Taub Hospital before turning the gun on himself.

Authorities say the shooting Wednesday afternoon appears to be a murder-suicide that involved two people who worked at the pharmacy.

Police spokesman Victor Senties says the shooting was confined to the pharmacy at Ben Taub Hospital. He declined to elaborate but said there was no "active shooter."

No other injuries were reported. It was not immediately clear what prompted the shooting.

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