GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT HOSPITAL, KILLS AT LEAST 3

A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, killing at least three people, including a police officer, before the suspect also died, authorities said.

A police spokesman said it was not immediately clear if the attacker took his own life or was killed by police at Mercy Hospital on the city’s South Side.

A witness named James Gray told reporters that it looked as if the attacker “was turning and shooting people at random.”

The shooting apparently began as the suspect was walking with a woman near a parking lot. He turned and repeatedly shot the woman in the chest. He then entered the hospital and continued firing, Gray said. The two had been talking to each other in what Gray said did not appear to be a heated exchange.

“Then once she fell to the ground, he stood over her and shot her three more times,” he said.

Earlier, authorities reported that four people were in critical condition. At least one of the four was a hospital employee, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.