No threat found after Salem Hospital locked down
This story was updated with lockdown times from Salem Health.
Salem Hospital briefly went into a lockdown Wednesday afternoon after a caller reported a van in the parking garage with a large-caliber gun, but police found no threat after responding.
Officers responded to the hospital around 1:50 p.m., Salem police spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Hardy said. They searched the parking lot for a van, including using a drone, but found nothing matching the description and no evidence of a gun.
Salem Health spokeswoman Lisa Wood said the lockdown began at 2:08 p.m. and was lifted by 2:30 p.m. after police cleared the scene.
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