KCMO hospital security officer shot by patient who disarmed him
KANSAS CITY MO February 3 2024 —A patient shot and wounded a security officer Friday morning at a Kansas City hospital after disarming him.
Just after 8:30a.m. Friday, police responded to an “assist the officer.” call at the hospital, 2301 Holmes Street, according to Police Sergeant Phil DiMartino.
The initial report indicated there was a hospital security officer was shot while escorting a recently discharged patient and a confrontation occurred.
The patient disarmed the security officer of his firearm and one round was discharged from the weapon. The guard was struck by the discharge of the weapon and suffered a non-life-threatening injury. Other security officers took the individual into custody immediately without further incident.
During the incident, there were call notes that indicated this was an active shooter incident. This was not an active shooter and an isolated incident. There was and is no active threat to the public, according to DiMartino.
Hospital operations were never interrupted.
In a statement from the hospital, “University Health is grateful to our security team following an altercation with a patient that resulted in one of our officers being shot. The team’s fast actions created the best possible outcome keeping staff and patients safe.”
Police have not released the name of the suspect or additional details.