TROY, Mich. (WXYZ) — An employee at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital was shot by another employee Thursday morning inside a parking garage, police say.
The hospital, located in the area of M-59 and Dequindre Road in Troy, was placed on lockdown after the shooting happened around 7 a.m. According to Troy police, the situation appeared to be an isolated incident between the two employees.
The suspect was taken into custody in Macomb Township and the victim is reportedly stable.
The latest information on the shooting can be found below:
11:15 p.m.
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5:30 p.m.
People who were inside or near the hospital at the time of the shooting recalled their experiences with us.
“Right as we were about to walk through the door, some girl was like ‘don't go in there. Don't go in there. There's a shooting,'” Matt Williams said.
Williams and his friend Marc Garling first thought it was a joke. The woman warned them a shooting had just occurred and the gunman was on the loose. Their skepticism lasting but for so long.
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“Every minute to 30 seconds, it would be passing to 20 seconds, we would be counting three or four cops from every other county coming through — Madison Heights, Royal Oak, we saw even Southfield," Williams said. "It was wild.”
As they were heading out, more officers started coming in.
"Everyone's at the hospital to get help and then that happens. How much more helpless can you feel?” Garling said.
Angela Penrose was a patient inside the hospital at the time.
“There was some banging on my door and a guy said ‘sheriff’ and he came in and he was one of the SWAT guys. And he had a flashlight and a big assault rifle and he said 'is there anybody in here with you.' I said ‘no, I'm alone.’ He said ‘you OK?’ I said ‘yes I'm fine’ and he said ‘stay in your room.’
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Renee Schuppe, who lives nearby, said it’s terrifying that something like this happened at a hospital.
"Obviously, whenever anything like that happens in your own neighborhood, it's going to raise some serious concern. My other two children were in the home, and so I immediately step outside once I saw the amount of cops coming up and say ‘are we safe. Are we ok?’" Schuppe said.
"It's just when or how is it going to stop? Feels like nothing is safe anymore. I was just talking to my mom and she was like ‘I was just scheduled for a mammogram’ — just knowing it could happen at any time is just terrifying."
Police say the suspect and the victim were friends, but it appears they had a falling out.
"Unfortunately, I feel like these things happen so often that this time, it was just really close to home," Schuppe said.
4:16 p.m.
Troy police have released body camera video of the first responding officer after a hospital employee opened fire on his coworker in a parking structure at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital on Thursday morning.
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4:00 p.m.
A Troy hospital worker who heard gunshots Thursday morning after a shooting involving two employees is sharing her account with 7 News Detroit.
Police say the shooting happened around 7 a.m. after the suspect followed the 25-year-old victim into a parking structure at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital and opened fire, striking his car and his arm.
Extended interview: Jo Addington describes scene after parking garage shooting
That’s when Jo Addington, an ultrasound technician, was sitting in her car just outside the structure before heading into work.
“I was talking to my friend and I thought what I heard was gunshots. But I wasn't sure if it was a car backfiring or what it was. And so I sat there for a few minutes and I said ‘well, I guess I'm gonna walk in,’” Addington said.
When she started walking in, she said people came running out of the structure and yelling about an active shooter.
“I didn't know what to do. I mean, all of a sudden, all these cops were coming. You know, the policemen were coming and they blocked everything off and I knew a back exit. So I got out of there as quick as I could,” she said.
“I’m still shaking. I was so scared.”
1 p.m.
Troy Police Chief Josh Jones provided an update on the shooting in a parking garage at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital on Thursday morning. Jones thanked the agencies from around metro Detroit who came when the call of an active shooter happened.
According to Jones, the shooting happened around 7 a.m. in the parking garage when an employee fired at another employee, striking him two times. The suspect then reportedly fled the scene.
He said that the victim is in stable condition and was able to provide information about the situation.
See the latest update from Chief Josh Jones below:
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office later took the suspect into custody around 9 a.m. at a home in Macomb Township. Police won't release the suspect's name until he is arraigned.
Jones was joined in the announcement by several other police agencies as well as Corewell Health President Lamont Yoder.
Yoder gave his "sincere thanks" to everyone who worked with the security team to keep Corewell Health team members safe.
He said the incident did result in some procedures at the hospital being delayed.
"Our team is incredibly inspired by how quickly everything we’ve done to prepare for situations like this. It’s a testament to the amazing agencies we work with," Yoder said.
Noon
The 7 News Detroit team is gathering the latest information related to the shooting at a Troy hospital parking garage Thursday morning that left one injured.
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"I've seen him, I don't know him personally, but I've seen him walking when we walk through the hospital," said Barbara Kapitanec, an employee at Corewell Health Beaumont in Troy, referring to the suspect.
"Pure shock and then to hear it was an employee, that even hit harder," she said.
The suspect in the shooting was taken into custody after he came out of a home in Macomb Township following the shooting in Troy.
11:03 a.m.
Cmdr. Jason Abro with the Macomb County Sheriff's Office spoke with 7 News Detroit in Macomb Township where the suspect in the Troy hospital parking garage shooting was taken into custody on Thursday morning.
"Our SWAT team and negotiators did a phenomenal job to safely bring the suspect back out of the residence. After communicating with the suspect, he did surrender to our SWAT team," Abro said.
A Troy Police Department press conference has been scheduled for 1 p.m.
Watch the update from Commander Abro below:
10:12 a.m.
Police announced that they will be holding a press conference at 1 p.m. to provide an update on the parking garage shooting incident that occurred Thursday morning.
Press Conference regarding today’s incident at Corewell Troy will be held at 1pm at the Troy PD EOC. Please enter the front lobby of the PD at 500 W Big Beaver Rd.
— Troy Police Department (@TroyMI_Police) March 20, 2025
9:41 a.m.
Police confirmed the suspect in the hospital shooting incident is now in custody.
Police told 7 News Detroit they arrived at a home in Macomb Township and called him on the phone; the suspect reportedly came out and was taken into custody.
9:15 a.m.
Lt. Ben Hancock with the Troy Police Department provided an update on the shooting at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital.
Police said the shooting happened in the parking garage around 7:08 a.m. and involved two employees.
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According to Hancock, one employee opened fire on another employee in the parking lot, firing five shots. The victim, a 25-year-old man from Troy, was hit twice in the arm and is reportedly stable.
The suspect is on the loose but is not believed to be in the hospital.
The hospital is still in a lockdown as they clear the hospital, but Hancock said that they expect to clear the hospital soon and release the lockdown.
Police are searching the area with drones and K9s for the suspect.
Hancock said they know who the suspect is, but they are not releasing the information to the public at the time.
They expect to provide updates later in the day.
8:42 a.m.
We're hearing from workers as police respond to reports of a shooting at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital.
"All of a sudden, I just heard a bunch of sirens, police cars and another employee told me to stay in my car," one worker said outside of the hospital. "I was scared."
VIDEO: Watch interviews with hospital workers below:
8:35 a.m.
Corwell Health has issued the following statement regarding the incident:
“We are working with local law enforcement. Out of an abundance of caution, the hospital is on lockdown. One victim is in the emergency department for medical treatment. Patients with services scheduled should not come to the hospital at this time. Patients may call the department where they were scheduled for service directly. No other information is available at this time.”
8:25 a.m.
We're told police are expected to give an update around 8:45 a.m. WXYZ will stream that update.
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8:11 a.m.
Troy police say there has been a shooting at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital and that a suspect is not in custody.
According to Troy police, the situation appears to be an isolated incident but, as they said, the suspect is not in custody.
"We can confirm there has been a shooting at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital. This appears to be an isolated incident however the Suspect is not in custody. Please avoid the area," police said at 8:10 a.m.
An alert went out to nearby residents saying that there was an active shooter near the hospital and for people to avoid the area and shelter in place.
VIDEO: See viewer video from the scene below courtesy Charles Turner:
8 a.m.
There is a massive police response at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital after an alert of an active shooter went out.
The alert, which can be seen below, told people to avoid the area and shelter in place.
The hospital is in the area of M-59 and Dequindre in Troy.
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