Victims identified in UAB Highlands shooting
Published 10:08 am Thursday, March 15, 2018
- Police vehicles are shown outside UAB Highlands hospital following a shooting on Wednesday in Birmingham. Authorities say two people were wounded and a suspect died of a self-inflicted wound. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
BIRMINGHAM (WBRC) – Birmingham Police have released the names of both victims from Wednesday’s shooting at UAB Highlands Hospital.
Nancy Swift, 63, was a nursing supervisor. She was shot and killed. The other shooting victim, Tim Isley, is in the hospital with gunshot wounds.
Birmingham police have identified the suspect as a 32-year-old man. However, they are not releasing his name right now.
The shooting took place in an office space.
Metal detectors were in use at the time of the shooting, according to UAB Senior Vice President Anthony Patterson.
Police confirm the man shot Swift and Isley on the second floor of the hospital in Birmingham just before 7 p.m. Wednesday. Afterward, the shooter turned the gun on himself.
Campus officials say a campus alert was issued shortly thereafter urging students and staff to shelter in place, but that order was lifted around 7:45 p.m.
All UAB Highlands Hospital surgeries scheduled for tomorrow are canceled. All other hospital operations will operate under regular business hours.