WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. – Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital was given the all clear after going into lock down status while police investigated a report of a man “with a holstered gun entering the building.”
The all clear status was given at around 10:35 a.m., according to a hospital spokesperson.
According to Wheat Ridge police, "the threat was found to be unsubstantiated. We are releasing the hospital from secure status."
Police had said the situation did not involve an active shooter.
It was later determined that a hospital employee noticed a person with a briefcase and mistook it for a possible weapon.
"No weapons on that individual but we've got to treat every situation as if it is a threat," added Alex Rose, public information officer for the Wheat Ridge Police Department.
A hospital spokesperson told Denver7 that Wheat Ridge police officers were sweeping the entire property and the lockdown would remain in place until that work is completed.
The emergency room remained open and accepting patients, according to the spokesperson.