BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. December 6 2018 — The Bakersfield Police Department has arrested a man for falsely reporting an active shooter at Memorial Hospital on December 4, 2018 and also Mercy Southwest Hospital on August 1, 2018. BPD said Mario Thompson, 46, of Bakersfield disguised himself as a security guard inside Memorial Hospital. During a search of […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. December 5 2018 — Two people are dead after a suspect shot a man and a woman and then shot himself in an incident that ended outside the main entrance of the University of Kansas Hospital, police said. The incident started around 11:30 p.m. Monday as a shooting at 7th Street Trafficway and […]
HOUSTON, Texas December 5 2018 Security at the Houston Methodist’s hospital has gone robotic after recently adding two new members to its team. Meet “Holmes” and “Watson” the hospital’s newest members of its security team, helping to keep staff and patients safe. “Methodist is the largest hospital in Houston, you see how many people we see […]
Park Ridge IL December 3 2018 Venus Austin, 54, of the 200 block of Orchard Drive, Park Forest, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon on Nov. 19 in connection with an incident involving a loaded handgun that was reported on Oct. 30 at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, police said. According to police, hospital […]
CANTON, Ohio November 28 2018 Police responded to assist hospital security officers after a man reportedly committed suicide inside the emergency room. Police responded Tuesday afternoon to the emergency room lobby of a Canton hospital after a man committed suicide with a firearm, police say. Canton police responded about 3 p.m. for a call of […]
Grand Rapids MI November 26 2018 A man has been arrested after allegedly setting a small fire at a hospital in downtown Grand Rapids. Police said security officers at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital caught the man at about 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The fire was set in a secure area on an upper level […]
OAK LAWN, IL November 23 2018— A Chicago man was arrested after he shoved a security officer and was discovered to be packing a handgun at Advocate Christ Medical Center, prosecutors said. Tushawn Trimble, 23, appeared before Cook County Judge Peter Felice on a felony charge of aggravated unlawful use of a loaded weapon. Trimble […]
TROY, Mich. November 22 2018 He’s cuddly, cute and tough as nails when needed. The newest security guard at Troy Beaumont Hospital is new on the job, but he’s quickly gaining a reputation for the calming effect he brings to both patients and the hospital’s security staff. Beaumont Hospitals started bringing K-9 security officers into hospitals […]
Chicago IL November 21 2018 Dr. Tamara O’Neal, Chicago Police Officer Samuel Jimenez and pharmacy resident Dayna Less were killed Monday by a gunman at a Chicago hospital. The gunman, identified as Juan Lopez, also died in the incident. Lopez was shot in the abdomen and he shot himself in the head, according to the […]
Rochester NY November 5 2018 Police and Rochester General Hospital security officers responded to a shooting in the parking lot of the hospital. Rochester Police responded to the shooting just after 3 a.m. on Sunday. Police said that the victim, a 26-year-old male and city resident, was able to walk from the emergency department parking […]