Chicago hospital shooting: Medical staff and policeman among four dead

At least four people have been critically injured, including a police officer and a hospital employee, in a shooting at a Chicago hospital.

A police spokesman confirmed the gunman was dead. It is not clear if he took his own life or was killed.

Officials have not yet confirmed a motive for the shooting.

The facility was evacuated during the incident as armed police swarmed through the scene.

The injured police officer has been transported to the University of Chicago for treatment.

Shots were fired at a 2nd CPD officer in the Mercy Hospital Shooting, but he wasn't injured. Instead, the bullet struck his holster and embedded itself in his gun: https://t.co/hVPwgbrkXv pic.twitter.com/OvMI0ln3l6

— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) November 20, 2018

The incident comes just days after some US medical professionals became involved in an online campaign protesting against gun violence.

Almost 13,000 people have been killed by guns so far this year in the US, according to data compiled tracking website Gun Violence Archive.

[Source:BBC News]