Jacksonville NC June 6 2019 A Jacksonville woman is accused of assaulting Onslow Memorial Hospital staff members. Tanazia Danautica Whitfield, 22, Wilmington Highway in Jacksonville, was arrested on May 30 by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with two counts of felony assault with physical injury on emergency personnel and misdemeanor obstructing a health care facility. […]
Washington DC June 4 2019 Last year, U.S. hospitals experienced both an increase in violent crime and a decrease in property crime, according to the latest International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) Foundation Healthcare Crime Survey results, which were released May 21 at the IAHSS 51st Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. First, […]
Dallas TX June 1 2019 No one was hurt after a Baylor University Medical Center police officer opened fire at a man driving a stolen vehicle Friday morning in Dallas, police say. The shooting happened before 7:30 a.m. Friday in a parking lot of the Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Center, where Dallas […]
DURHAM, N.C. May 29 2019 The Durham Police Department is investigating after a 16-year-old was found dead at the hospital early Tuesday morning. Investigators said they received a call from Duke University Hospital just after 12:30 a.m. When officers arrived, they found Duwayne Clay Jr., of Durham, inside a vehicle with what appeared to be a […]
Little Rock AR May 28 2019 A person was shot in the leg Monday morning on the Arkansas Children’s Hospital campus in what authorities described as a random shooting, according to the Little Rock Police Department. Officers responded around 9:20 a.m. near the 1300 block of Children’s Way after the hospital’s security called about the […]
Pensacola FL May 24 2019 A 36-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday evening after allegedly attacking a Baptist Hospital nurse and a hospital security guard in the emergency room. Christie Grubb was arrested at Baptist Hospital on Tuesday night and charged with battery on an officer, firefighter, EMT, etc. According to an arrest report, Baptist Hospital’s security […]
Hamilton NZ May 17 2019 A security guard who was assaulted by a patient at Waikato Hospital yesterday is “in a bad way” in the high-dependency unit. An E tū union release said the woman had “suffered severely” and sustained multiple injuries to her head, face and body. She will require multiple surgeries. “It’ll be […]
Fauquier County VA May 16 2019 A man shot himself in an apparent attempt to take his own life outside Fauquier Hospital Monday afternoon and was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to hospital officials. Fauquier Hospital Chief Operating Officer Donna Staton said in a statement, “This afternoon, an unfortunate incident occurred […]
HOUSTON, Texas May 15 2019 A shooter was taken into custody after opening fire outside Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Monday morning in northeast Houston, according to police. Around 2:50 a.m., authorities say the gunman pulled into the parking lot, grabbed a gun and started shooting into the air. Deputies working security at the hospital ordered the man […]
Park Ridge IL May 10 20196 Police were called to the Advocate Lutheran General Hospital after a security officer was assaulted. When a patient was released from the hospital, he allegedly head butted a security guard, spat on another, and urinated on a third. Officers and security finally brought him under control. Tavares D. Hamilton, […]