HANCOCK COUNTY, MS. (THECOUNT) – Authorities are investigating after they received a call about a man outside Ochsner Hancock Medical Center who reportedly fired off two rounds at the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi facility.
The reports of an active shooter at the medical center are unconfirmed. At this time police have not found any evidence of a shooting and no injuries have been reported.
The facility is located at 149 Drinkwater Rd in Bay St Louis.
According to Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, they have no evidence of this so far. However, authorities are currently going room to room with the hospital’s security, checking every corner of the facility.
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Geo quick facts: Hancock County is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,929. Its county seat is Bay St. Louis. The county is named for Founding Father John Hancock. Hancock County is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.
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