(RNN) – At least five people were shot at a judge’s office in Pennsylvania about 60 miles south of Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
The gunman is dead, according to KDKA, and the Pennsylvania State Police tweeted “the scene in Masontown is secure,” adding no surrounding buildings were locked down.
One of the victims was a police officer, identified by KDKA as Scott Miller, who was shot in the hand. The station said he was expected to be all right.
The other four victims were taken to a local hospital, two by air and two in ambulances, according to KDKA.
The scene in Masontown is secure. No schools, businesses or offices are locked down.
— TroopB (@PSPTroopBPIO) September 19, 2018
The shooting began in the mid-afternoon at a Fayette County district judge’s office.
A witness, Christopher Jones, identified the shooter as someone he knew, who was waiting inside the lobby of the building when he ran outside and began shooting at a woman.
Another witness, Xuan Sayles, told KDKA that the shooter began firing outside the office, then his gun jammed.
He shot the officer after getting it working again, then chased after the woman into the building and fired “at least 10 shots."
Just spoke to a man who was in the magistrate's lobby waiting with 60 other people for their court hearings. Says woman ran into municipal building screaming for help, chased by a man firing a handgun. She and 2 others were shot. Bystander used belt to tie tourniquet on her arm.
— Mike Jones/O~R ???? (@MikeJonesOR) September 19, 2018
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