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Caledonian Record
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital initiated a lockdown Friday night after two men arrived with gunshot wounds.
Seeking to safeguard patients and staff in response to potential danger, hospital officials decided to secure the building at 9:23 p.m.
“If there is something that we fear for both the safety of patients and employees, we have the ability to have a lockdown,” said Sarah Jewell, director of the Emergency Department.
Jewell said the arrival of the two men who had been shot caused some commotion and a heightened level of concern that “fortunately, we don’t have to deal with often in our community.”
The men had been taken by a private vehicle to the hospital after being shot in an apartment building on Harrison Avenue in St. Johnsbury.