FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A 64-year-old man is dead after shooting and barricading himself into a room at Inova Fairfax Hospital on Tuesday night, according to Fairfax County police.
Police responded to the report of a patient with a gun on the 4th floor of the hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute.
Thomas Wimmer, 64 of Ashburn shot himself at least once in the upper body before police made it to the hospital.
Officers found him alone in his hospital room. He was initially responsive, however refused to surrender his firearm.
About an hour after their arrival police were able to enter his room safely and provide him with medical aid. He was taken to the hospital's trauma center where he died shortly after.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will be doing an autopsy to confirm cause of death.
No other injuries were reported in the incident.