Wilmington VA in shock after shots fired in parking lot

Shots fired in Wilmington VA parking lot
The News Journal
DELAWARE DEFENSE
William H. McMichael
June 6, 2014

Shots were fired by an individual in a parking lot at the Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center near Elsmere Friday afternoon. The suspect was taken into custody without incident, the hospital reported.

The suspect, described as a 40-to-50-year-old male, brandished an unidentified firearm and fired shots in the medical center's west parking lot at about 3:15 p.m. Friday, spokesman James Coty said.

A witness said she heard two shots.

"There was yelling," said Andrea Ritter of Bridgeton, N.J., who'd come to the center along with her 19- and 23-year-old daughters to donate a rocking chair to its Community Living Center and was walking into the facility from the back parking lot when the commotion began.

"Someone was yelling, `Put it down, put it down.' And then we heard `bang'," she said. "And then they continued to yell, `Put it down,' and then another `bang,' and then nothing."

Ritter said two nearby nurses "were standing there with their mouths open, too," she said. "They also heard it. They were panicking."
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