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Security had hospital locked down within minutes of report of gunman

Northeast Georgia Medical Center security officer Dewayne Shows enters a security vehicle Thursday, Sept. 27, 2019, during a shift at the Gainesville hospital. Shows responded to the report of a gunman in the area of Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Gainesville campus on Sept. 20, along with Gainesville Police. - photo by Scott Rogers

09272019 SECURITY 2.jpg — Northeast Georgia Medical Center security officer Dewayne Shows enters a security vehicle Thursday, Sept. 27, 2019, during a shift at the Gainesville hospital. Shows responded to the report of a gunman in the area of Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Gainesville campus on Sept. 20, along with Gainesville Police. - photo by Scott Rogers

Within two minutes, the doors were locked at the Northeast Georgia Physicians Group surgical associates building after a report of a man with a gun Friday, Sept. 20.