Kirkland police are scouring Evergreen Health Medical Centre in Seattle, Washington, looking for the man – whose image was caught on CCTV.
US cop Cody Mann said officers had searched the site room by room without finding the apparent gunman.
The hopsital released a still of the man, who appears to be wearing a woolly hat and glasses, on social media.
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