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UPDATE: 4:00pm EST

According to media reports police are saying that there were 9 total victims at Western Psychiatric; 2 confirmed dead, one of which was the gunman, while 7 others are being treated at UPMC Presbyterian. 

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UPDATE: 3:10pm EST

Authorities are now saying multiple people have been wounded and at least two people are dead in a shooting at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic in Oakland this afternoon earlier reports of a second shooter were incorrect.The building has been secured and all the injured victims were taken to UPMC Presbyterian.

SOURCE: Post-Gazette

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Police are responding to the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC in Pittsburgh, where at least five people have been shot.

A University of Pittsburgh police officer was grazed in the leg, officials said. Police officers are searching the Oakland building for the shooter.

According to the Post-Gazette:

A message sent to Pitt employees at 2:08 p.m. said that several people have been injured and that “lock-down recommended until further notice.”

It also said, “If safe to do so, tell others of this message.”

UPMC hospitals in Oakland were put on a bronze alert at 1:58 p.m. for someone with a weapon in Western Psych. The

alert requires employees to stay where they are and respond to the alert with their exact location.

Several nearby buildings are on lockdown, including Family House and the elementary school at Carlow University. Central Catholic and the Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy 6-12 – both on “modified lockdown” meaning no one can enter or exit the schools.

One woman, who did not give her name, said she and some other nurses from Western Psych were slowly returning from their lunch break when a woman yelled at them not to enter the building.

The woman said there was a shooter in the first floor lobby and that at least five people had been hit, including a Pitt police officer who was struck while walking in the front door.

Pitt is on break, so there are few students there.

UPMC’s website says that Western Psych “has been a national leader in providing research-base care and treatment of mental health and addictive disorders” which includes dealing with people with depression and bi-polar disorder.

Family House, a nonprofit group that provides temporary residences for those dealing with serious or life-threatening illness, ordered its nearby University Place location into lockdown.

Spokeswoman Holly Bulvony said-

“All four houses are in lockdown for the safety of our guests, we are in the process of accounting for each and every guest. And, of course, no one is going in or out at this time. Until we know exactly what is happening.”

She said emergency procedures were in place as soon as officials got word of the shootings.

“Everyone’s calm and keeping our guests comfortable and carrying out our mission as if it were any other day.”

Stay tuned for more information as it comes available…