A gunman, armed with a handgun and carrying zip ties, went inside UPMC's ICU, and took staffers hostage before he was ultimately killed by police in a shootout, the York County DA said.

The officer killed while responding to a shooting and hostage situation at a Pennsylvania hospital on Saturday had celebrated his 30th birthday just days earlier, authorities revealed Sunday. Officer Andrew Duarte of the West York Borough Police Department was among those who responded when the armed suspect,

The man who authorities say entered a Pennsylvania hospital with zip ties and a pistol over the weekend had recent contact with the hospital's intensive care unit, where he took staff members hostage and was killed in a shootout that left a police officer dead and others injured.