Four taken into custody in connection to gun scare at Missouri University Women’s and Children’s Hospital
COLUMBIA MO. July 1 2019
Missouri University police were notified of persons on the property with firearms and some type of disturbance.
Officers from the University Police, Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Columbia Police and the Missouri State Highway Patrol quickly responded to the area.
Four people were taken into custody Friday night at around 8: 30 p.m. and several firearms were recovered.
Officials said no one in the hospital was ever in immediate danger because the suspects were outside the building. However, the hospital did go into heightened security protocol.
No shots were fired according to officials, and after brief foot chases all four suspects were apprehended.
Multiple weapons were recovered from the scene, and the all-clear was given around 10:15 p.m.
