SEATTLE — Officers with the Seattle Police Police department said the reports of an armed person at the VA Hospital in Seattle Tuesday morning was a “case of mistaken identity on the part of the witness.”
At 10:15 a.m., police said they were responding to reports of an armed person at the hospital.
Pictures from KIRO 7′s Ranji Sinha showed a large presence of officers at the scene.
#breaking heavy police response @ VA Puget Sound Health Care System for possible shooter @ the facility @SeattlePD on scene updates coming on @KIRO7Seattle waiting on spokesperson now pic.twitter.com/IqbwmwflrZ
— Ranji Sinha (@RanjiKIRO7) June 2, 2020
Just before 11:10 a.m., police confirmed it was a case of mistaken identity on the part of the witness and officers cleared the scene.
KIRO 7 will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
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