Authorities described the shooting of a gunman who opened fire at a Pennsylvania hospital as “absolutely justified, beyond any and all doubt.”

UPMC announced this morning via a Facebook post that it has closed Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township to visitors in the wake of a hostage incident Saturday that left one police officer dead, two injured and several staff members injured. The health care system did not say when visitors to patients would once again be welcome.

An armed man opened fire on police at a West Manchester Township hospital while holding a staffer at gunpoint, killing West York Police Officer Andrew Duarte and wounding two

A police officer died and others were injured in what local officials described a hostage crisis involving a man with a gun and zip ties.

One officer was killed and at least five others were were shot in a hostage situation at a hospital in York County, Pennsylvania, according to state officials.

Workers at a Pennsylvania hospital who were injured during a shooting that left the gunman and a police officer dead are reported in “medically stable” condition

Authorities say a gunman entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead

A gunman, armed with a handgun and carrying zip ties, went inside UPMC's ICU, and took staffers hostage before he was ultimately killed by police in a shootout, the York County DA said.