Nationwide Children’s Hospital all clear after no threat found over reported gunman – By Columbus Dispatch Staff (Columbus Dispatch) / Dec 12, 2023
Nationwide Children’s Hospital employees have received an “all clear” after the campus was temporarily placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon over a report of a man with a gun inside the hospital.
Columbus police received secondhand information at about 2:56 p.m. of a white male with a rifle at a parking garage near the hospital, according to dispatchers. Police responded with numerous officers to the scene, though many had departed by about 3:55 p.m.
“We can confirm that Nationwide Children’s was on lockdown for approximately 40 minutes this afternoon. Our team followed all appropriate protocols,” said Audrey Hasson, senior media relations strategist at Nationwide.
Columbus police “responded immediately” and have “reported our situation as all clear with no threat present,” Hasson said. “We have returned to normal operations.”
