Paris on lockdown after deadly hospital shooting leaves one dead as gunman flees through city on motorbike

A man has died after a shooting outside a hospital in Paris, police say.

Two people were shot by an assailant outside the Henry Dunant private hospital in the 16th arrondissement at about 1:40 pm on Monday, April 12, Reuters reports.

A police source said one person died, another was injured and being treated at the hospital in front of which he had been shot.

The attacker fled on a motorcycle, the source said, adding that nothing was known about the motive for the attack.

Police officers leave the scene after a shooting Monday, April 12, 2021, in Paris. A gunman has shot two people in front of a hospital in Paris and the attacker fled on a motorcycle. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

BFM television reported that the person killed is a man and the person injured is a woman who was working as a security agent for the hospital.

Henry Dunant, owned by the French Red Cross, is also currently being used as a Covid-19 vaccination centre.