Violence against healthcare workers is on the rise as seen by an attack at a Pennsylvania hospital. A gunman took hostages before exchanges of gunfire that killed a police officer and wounded five other people at a York County,

Multiple law enforcement officers and a nurse were shot after a shooter opened fire at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York County on Saturday, according to ABC News. The conditions of those injured are not clear at this time.

An officer was killed, and six others were injured after a man armed with a pistol and zip ties entered into a Pennsylvania hospital's intensive care unit Saturday afternoon. Police were called to UPMC Memorial Hospital on Innovation Drive and Roosevelt Avenue in York County, Pittsburgh Action News 4's sister station WGAL reported.