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2 slain at Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe

photo Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson, left, and Corky Jewell, chairman of the board of directors of Hutcheson, right, speak with media during a press conference Friday night. Police and other law enforcement personnel responded to the report of a shooting at Hutcheson Medial Center on Friday night.

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Police name Hutcheson hospital shooting suspect; victims identified

Two women are dead after a man walked into the waiting room at the Hutcheson Medical Center intensive care unit in Fort Oglethorpe and began shooting at his estranged wife and mother-in-law, authorities said.

Officials have not released names of the victims or the suspect.

The shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. Friday on the second floor of the hospital. The women were at the hospital visiting a relative, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead.

Shortly after the incident, the shooter drove to the Fort Oglethorpe police station, less than two miles from the hospital, and turned himself in, according to Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson.