According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, the Loma Linda Hospital was cleared and the incident appeared to be a swatting call.

After receiving a call about a possible active shooter, a massive and heavily armed police response swarmed Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Wednesday evening, terrifying sick patients, their families and medical staff,

The Sheriff’s Department received a call around 6 p.m. about a man who said he was armed with an AR-15 rifle and a bomb at the hospital, was experiencing a mental health crisis and heard voices in his head that told him to shoot patients at the children’s hospital, Dicus said.