BREAKING: ‘Active shooter’ injures three at senior complex in Rhode Island – sparking huge response and schools to be placed into lockdown
- Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Kristina Murray said the incident took place at Babcock Village in Westerly
- Rhode Island State Police are at the scene and all schools are in lock down
- Shooter appears to still be at large after the incident at around 11am Thursday
At least three people have been injured at senior living complex in Rhode Island after an ‘active shooting situation’, officials said Thursday.
Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Kristina Murray said the incident took place at Babcock Village in Westerly.
Rhode Island State Police are at the scene and all schools are in lock down.
Emergency crews rushed to the scene at around 11am local time.
The incident took place at Babcock Village in Westerly, pictured, on Wednesday
Col. James Manni tells The Providence Journal that the shooting happened Thursday morning at an elderly housing complex in Westerly, a town along the Connecticut state line.
The newspaper says the shooter appears to still be at large and that a state police tactical team is responding. It’s not clear the extent of the injuries of the shooting victims.
Reports of gunfire at the Babcock Village apartments prompted the local hospital and at least one nearby business to also order a lockdown as a precaution.