2 injured in shooting at PeaceHealth medical facility

Two people were injured in a Dec. 22 shooting at a medical facility next to Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, reports NBC affiliate KGW.

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Both people were taken to PeaceHealth Southwest’s emergency room for treatment, according to a statement from PeaceHealth. The health system did not share more information about the patients’ identities or conditions. 

The hospital went into a modified lockdown, which was lifted less than two hours after the shooting. 

The shooting, at about 1 p.m., was at a building that houses PeaceHealth Southwest’s oncology and infusions services, vision center and a family medicine practice, among other services. 

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