Hostage situation in Tomball

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

@12NewsSETX: RT @ABC: DEVELOPING: Sheriff's office: Man believed to be holding at least 2 hostages in Tomball Regional Medical Center near Houston.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

@abc13houston: UPDATE --> #HCSO: Preliminary information indicates the man is the father of a patient and is distraught http://abc13.co/1wJ4Mj6 #ABC13

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

@HCSOTexas: CLARIFICATION: Situation at Tomball Regional Med Center. 9:13 p.m.: Latest information is that this is NOT a hostage situation #hounews

 

 

 

Distraught father. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

@HCSOTexas: It is still unknown whether he's armed or not. Evacuation is limited to areas adjacent to the room, not the entire hospital. #hounews

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

@ABC: UPDATE: Deputies: Texas hospital incident with "distraught" man and son is no longer considered a hostage situation: http://abcn.ws/1ACEqmN

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

@AP: BREAKING: Man at Texas hospital surrenders without incident, sheriff's office says.

[tvc184]

Don't tell me the news media blew it up out of proportion. Surely that could not have happened.

[PAMFAM10]

John Q.

[bullets13]

In the media's eyes, the next best thing to a mass shooting is any story they can twist to appear like one. There was another incident at a hospital last week where a guy shot and killed a doctor and then himself. It was clearly an isolated incident but the media had us believing it was a mass shooting for several hours to boost ratings and page clicks