FOX News Staff


At least six people were killed in a shooting Tuesday morning in a hospital in the eastern Czech Republic, officials said.

Officials say the shooter is at large. The shooting happened Tuesday morning in the University hospital in the city of Ostrava, located 220 miles east of Prague. The Sun, a British newspaper, reported that patients have been evacuated from the building.

Police initially said the shooter was at large. Video footage and pictures published by public radio later showed police arresting a person at the site but police didn't immediately confirm that it was the suspect.

Prime Minister Andrej Babis told Czech public television the shooting took place in a waiting room. The attacker opened fire at people's heads from close range, Babis said.

Jan Hamacek, the country’s interior minister, told CT24: "There is a regional police intervention unit and a rapid deployment unit" deployed at the scene.

The Associated Press contributed to this report