[Location - Date:][Source:WIVB][VO:][VOICE-OVER]TRACK#1 THE SEARCH FOR THIS TRAUMA SUREGON HAS ESCALATED INTO A NATIONWIDE MANHUNT. AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING THAT TIMOTHY JORDEN -- A FORMER MILITARY WEAPONS EXPERT-- COULD BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS. THE 49-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR DISAPPEARED AFTER THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND. SHE WAS GUNNED DOWN WEDNESDAY MORNING IN A STAIRWELL AT THE ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER.[SOT/:MAYOR BYRON BROWN/(D) BUFFALO, NEW YORK][Notes:SOURCE: WIVB]"prayers go out to those affected by the situation//The shooting was not a random act."[Location - Date:][Source:][VO:][VOICE-OVER]TRACK#2 AFTER THE SHOOTING, POLICE UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHED THE HOSPITAL FOR THE GUN AND THE SUSPECT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS. AUTHORITIES ALSO BLOCKED A ROAD LEADING TO JORDEN'S HOME. BUT POLICE LATER SAID THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE JOINED THE SEARCH, WHICH IS NOW IN ITS SECOND DAY. OFFICIALS SAID THEY'RE CONFIDENT JORDEN HASN'T CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CANADA... BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHERE HE WAS HEADED. JORDEN HAS BEEN LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN NEW YORK FOR A DECADE.[SIGOUT/REPORTER, LOCATION, ASSOCIATED PRESS]