By NBC News staff and wire reports
JERUSALEM -- A U.S. tourist opened fire in an Israeli hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat on Friday, killing at least one person, police said.
Officers surrounded the hotel and called in "a large number of units to deal with the situation," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Reuters.
Israel Radio said the gunman had grabbed the weapon from a security guard, shot a hotel employee, then fled and barricaded himself inside his room.
The Associated Press reported that the incident occurred at the Leonardo Club hotel.
Speaking to Isreal's?Haaretz?newspaper, one hotel guest said:
"We were in the dining room, and suddenly we heard shots fired. Both guest and hotel workers were very frightened. No one understood what was going on. Ten seconds later the dining room was blocked off and we were asked to go to our rooms and stay inside."
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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