UPDATED: All clear after alert reported at CMH
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After an all-clear was issued, law enforcement officers appear happy with how the incident at Clinton Memorial Hospital turned out Sunday afternoon.
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WILMINGTON Multiple law enforcement agencies were at Clinton Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon after employees and police were alerted to a report of a possible person with a gun about 2:30 p.m. But within about an hour, police gave the “all clear.”
“This afternoon, Clinton Memorial Hospital issued a campus-wide security alert and deployed procedures to secure the hospital in response to a report of a potential threat,” according to a statement from the hospital at 4:40 p.m. “Authorities have since investigated and determined that the campus is clear. The security alert has been lifted at our facility.