(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Two people were killed in a shooting on Tuesday at a veterans health clinic at the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, including the suspected gunman, officials said.
The authorities reported an €Åactive shooting€€Œ at the El Paso V.A. Health Care clinic, which is run by the Department of Veterans Affairs, around 3:10 p.m., sending the facility into lockdown, Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty, the commanding officer of Fort Bliss, said at a news conference Tuesday night. The suspected gunman and another person were dead, he said.
€ÅAll other V.A. patients and staff are safe,€€Œ General Twitty said. He did not identify the gunman or the victim or describe what had prompted the shooting.
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