TACOMA, Wash. — A man was killed and a woman injured in a shooting inside the emergency room lobby of MultiCare Allenmore Hospital on Wednesday evening, prompting a lockdown and police investigation.

Neighbors said dozens of police cars arrived in the area when the shooting happened just after 7 p.m.

Tacoma police said the shooting occurred following an altercation that began off hospital property. The suspect followed the victims — an adult male and female — into the waiting room of the emergency department, where shots were fired. The man died at the scene. The woman was taken for treatment and by Thursday morning had been released from the hospital.

"We were told that there was some type of an altercation that took place off of the campus, and the suspect followed the two victims int

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