HealthPark shooting a suicide attempt

A shooting in a parking lot at HealthPark Medical Center that forced a lockdown of the Bass Road medical facility Sunday night around 8:30 p.m. resulted from a failed suicide attempt, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed.

"There was a shooting in a parking lot at HealthPark," Lee Memorial Health System, spokeswoman Mary Briggs confirmed shortly before 9 p.m. At 9:40 p.m. Briggs confirmed the suicide attempt was the reason for the precautions.

Hospital workers received a silver alert warning shortly after the shooting was reported. Briggs confirmed that a silver alert is issued when there is an active shooter on a system hospital property.

Briggs added later that she was told by law enforcement that there would be no further investigation of the shooting.