Police in Idaho involved in hospital shooting are searching for an escaped inmate and 2nd suspect

BOISE, Idaho– Police in Boise, Idaho, said officers were involved in a shooting at a hospital Wednesday morning and are looking for two suspects, including an inmate who escaped from campus.

The Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center was temporarily closed, police said.

A hospital spokesperson said a “shooting incident” took place in the ambulance bay at the emergency department at 2.15am.

“All patients and staff are safe, the medical center campus is safe and secure and has resumed normal operations. The emergency department itself is currently on a temporary lockdown while Boise Police complete their investigation,” Leticia Ramirez said in a statement.

She said as an extra precaution, “we have increased security on campus, all entrances to the hospital will be closed” and monitored by hospital security until further notice.

Phone and email messages asking for more information were left for police.

Police said in the news release that they were looking for two suspects traveling in a gray four-door sedan, possibly a Honda Civic, with Idaho license plates.

They said one suspect is escaped inmate Skylar Meade, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2017 for shooting at a Twin Falls sheriff’s sergeant during a high-speed chase.

Ramirez declined to comment when asked about Meade and referred to the police department.