UPDATE (10:03 a.m.)
The standoff outside Limestone Medical Center in Groesbeck is over.
The suspect — 74-year-old Adam "Skinner" Lenamond of Groesbeck — is being taken into custody.
The situation ended peacefully, police said.
UPDATE (8 a.m.)
Police remained outside Limestone Medical Center in Groesbeck on Friday morning, hours after the hospital went into lockdown.
Authorities are trying to negotiate with a man in the parking lot threatening to harm himself.
The hospital has reopened. Visitors are being urged to use the front entrance.
"We're still in talks with the person, hoping for a peaceful end," Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Ryan Howard said during an 8 a.m. news briefing.
The suspect has been identified as 74-year-old Adam "Skinner" Lenamond of Groesbeck.
Navarro County Sheriff Elmer Tanner has deployed the SWAT team to the location to help.
"We do not believe anyone inside the hospital is in danger — and we do not believe this is an active shooter situation," Howard said.
Groesbeck ISD has resumed school. One of the schools in town is not far from the hospital.
ORIGINAL STORY
GROESBECK, Texas — The Limestone Medical Center in Groesbeck remained on lockdown Friday morning because of a standoff, according to Texas DPS.
Sgt. Ryan Howard said a person showed up to the hospital parking lot earlier Thursday afternoon, threatening to harm himself.
At 6:23 a.m. Friday, Howard in an email said: "There has been no change in this incident from the last time we all spoke."
"He was never inside the hospital," said Howard. "We want a peaceful ending. We don't want to walk away from this situation with law enforcement, the suspect, or anyone else hurt."
Howard stressed that anyone needing urgent, emergency care could still come to the hospital, but that the parking lot area was still closed off as authorities talk to the man.
According to the Groesbeck ISD Twitter account, all Groesbeck campuses were placed on 'secure' status on Thursday, but the situation has since been "confined to the hospital." Students were being released by late afternoon.
A 25 News crew on scene reported seeing a large law enforcement presence, mostly focusing on the parking lot.
We're working to gather more details, and will have the latest online and during the 10 newscast tonight.
Right now, there's an active standoff in Grosebeck outside the Limestone medical center. Hospital & school on lockdown, as a precaution.
— Todd Unger (@ToddNEWS) February 16, 2023
Latest at 5/6 tonight. @25NewsKXXV
The situation has been confined to the hospital, and we will release students momentarily.
— Groesbeck ISD (@GroesbeckGoats) February 16, 2023
Thank you again for your understanding.
