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Lockdown at Dartmouth General lifted after two men with gunshot wounds enter

Dartmouth General Hospital went into lockdown for about an hour on Sat., March 11, 2017. Cory McGraw / Global News

Dartmouth General Hospital went into lockdown after two men with gunshot wounds went there Saturday afternoon.

Halifax Regional Police were called to the scene at about 12:50 p.m. Lockdown was initiated according to protocol for this type of incident, police said.

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The hospital was reopened within about an hour.

The injuries, which police said happened in the RCMP’s jurisdiction, appear to be non-life-threatening.

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