SAN DIEGO – Police rushed into a military hospital in San Diego on Tuesday after reports of gunfire – but an initial sweep of the sprawling facility found no sign of a shooting.
A single witness reported hearing three shots in the basement of one of several buildings in the Naval Medical Center complex in southern California, prompting a massive response from authorities.
Local police, assisted by Navy dogs and California Highway Patrol officers, scoured the building after the call came in around 8:00am but there was no sign of a shooting or any reports of casualties, officials said.
“They did an initial sweep and they didn’t find anything so they are doing a more thorough sweep,” Navy spokesman Jon Nylander told AFP. “They have not located any evidence of a shooting having taken place.”