Authorities respond to active shooter reports at hospital near campus

Austin Green and Christian Leonard • September 11, 2018

An aerial shot of several police vehicles waiting at an intersection.

Photo courtesy of Courtesy of NBC Los Angeles

UPDATE 5:35 PM: The LASD says it has cleared the area and confirmed that they are not looking for any other suspects. See tweets below.

No Biola students were at a Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Downey, Calif., when reports of an active shooter emerged from the hospital Tuesday, Campus Safety chief John Ojeisekhoba confirmed to the Chimes.

Biola’s nursing program sends students to the hospital, which is located on Imperial Highway just over six miles from campus, for clinical training rounds, Ojeisekhoba said. The students were scheduled to conduct their clinicals there next week. It is unknown at this time whether those plans will change.

“We worked with the nursing department to ascertain if any of the students were present at the time of the incident,” Ojeisekhoba said.

Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department station in Norwalk, Calif., which covers La Mirada, helped Downey police clear the facility, NBC Los Angeles reported. There were no injuries and one suspect is in custody, authorities said via social media.

@NorwalkLASD sending units to assist @DowneyPolice with a fluid, emergent situation at the #Kaiser in #Downey. Possible #activeshooter pic.twitter.com/3IguEaptH8

— LASD Norwalk Station (@NorwalkLASD) September 11, 2018

Both affected buildings, A and B, have been cleared and deemed safe. Suspect did fire rounds inside the building. Sole suspect arrested. Gun recovered. The investigation will continue. Streets will open up soon. Thankful it worked out. #Teamwork.

— LASD Norwalk Station (@NorwalkLASD) September 11, 2018

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Austin Green, Managing Editor

Austin Green is a junior journalism major who was first among his friends to predict that LeBron James would sign with the Los Angeles Lakers. When not focused on school or work, he enjoys watching sports, going to the beach or coffee shops, and hanging out with the guys on his dorm floor. [email protected] I laughed the first time I heard a former editor-in-chief use the line “once you join the Chimes, you never really leave.” Now in my third year here, it turns out the joke’s on me. After two years in the sports section, including last year as sports editor, I’m thrilled to be serving this year as managing editor to help build upon the legacy of such a great publication. My aspirations remain in sports journalism, but experience has deepened my love for dedicated local news reporting and its importance in communities. Much of my appreciation for that type of journalism came through working as a digital production intern for NBC Los Angeles last summer. There I helped cover stories such as the Trader Joe’s hostage crisis, the Cranston and Holy wildfires, and the Lakers’ overhaul of their iconic uniforms. I am so excited to help build this next chapter of the Chimes as we become a web-first publication with a deeper, dedicated focus on the communities in and around campus. I also contribute a print sports column, “Everything Eagles,” which provides a deeper look into Biola Athletics.

Christian Leonard, Editor-in-Chief

Christian Leonard is a junior journalism major whose affinity for chickens is really getting out of hand. He can often be found singing in the office, wrapped around a book, or arguing for the classification of cereal as a soup. [email protected] I came to Biola a nervous freshman, not really sure what I wanted to do during my time at university. Years of prayer and waiting seemed fruitless, until an academic counselor recommended I contact the Chimes, since I had shown a modest interest in journalism. I figured it was worth a shot, so I got in touch with the news editors. After a brief chat, I left, figuring I would write for them the following semester. I was assigned my first story a few days later. The following semester, I became a news apprentice, stepping into a full editorship my sophomore year. Through the experience, I gained a greater appreciation for the bustling community that is Biola—its students, its administration, and its culture—and a deeper desire to serve it through storytelling. As my time as news editor drew to a close, I was encouraged to apply for the editor-in-chief position, a prospect which both intimidated and thrilled me. Yet I ultimately saw it as a way to better support the publication through which God showed me His desire for my life. Now, as I oversee the Chimes, I am committed to upholding myself and the newspaper to standard of excellence, and to helping train the next generation of student journalists.

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