A gunman shot dead two women in a Florida hospital on Sunday in an apparent random attack, police said.
"The victims are an elderly patient and a hospital employee. unknown reasons, "said Titusville Police Department in the social network Twitter.
The shooting occurred on the third floor of Parrish Medical Center in Titusville - 64 kilometers east of Orlando - said the police in a tweet, adding that both women died.
Police arrested the gunman in the hospital, local television station WFTV reported. Authorities have not identified for now.
Guarias unarmed security had undergone and detained the suspect before the police arrived.
The attacker apparently did not know the victims and had no connection to the hospital, he told reporters the Brevard County Sheriff, Wayne Ivey.
"It seems totally random," said the police chief, according to local channel WKMG. However, it warned that the investigation has just begun.
Last month, a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, in the worst massacre in recent years in the United States.
AFP