Window Washer Or Gunman?

Window washers a threat?

Reported gunman at Resolute Health actually window washer: New Braunfels Police Department’s SWAT team on Saturday conducted a thorough search on the new Resolute Health campus in New Braunfels in search of a man reportedly seen there with a gun, according to a written statement the department released. But, investigators determined, the person a passerby told police was a gunman on a roof happened to be a window washer working, an executive with the health system said Monday.

Investigators determined, the person a passerby told police was a gunman on a roof happened to be a window washer working.

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas: A false report of a man with a gun sent law enforcement agencies in New Braunfels, Texas, scrambling to secure a hospital Saturday. Police said they received the tip at approximately 11:15 a.m. Officers were immediately dispatched to Resolute Health Hospital, located in the 500 block of Creekside Dr. An Eyewitness at the scene told KENS 5 that SWAT officers were making rounds through the hospital's floors, going door to door, in order to secure the building. 

No gunman was located, police wrote in a statement. According to the New Braunfels Police Department, the information they received was vague and did not provide any specific details. Patti Tanner, a spokeswoman for Resolute Health said the man believed to be a gunman was actually a window washer. Tanner said the hospital's systems worked as designed and that the experience would serve as a good training exercise. The building was deemed safe within two hours and police cleared the scene.