Tulsa Saint Francis Hospital security fire shots at man who tried running them over
Tulsa Oklahoma November 6, 2022
Police and Saint Francis Hospital security are investigating a car crash on their property in south Tulsa.
Hospital officials say there was an incident at the main entrance of the hospital with a man who ended up driving his car onto the property’s front lawn.
According to Tulsa police, Saint Francis security officers were escorting an individual out of the hospital, but police did not say why.
When the man got to his car, he then got behind the wheel and rammed his car into a security vehicle and then tried to run over the security officers at a high rate of speed.
Both security officers then fired shots at the suspect. Police say no one was hit or injured.
The suspect then drove up on the sidewalk and took off running from the scene.
Police say he has not been caught yet, but police are continuing the investigation.
Saint Francis released a statement on the incident:
“This afternoon, a man came to the Yale campus to visit a patient. He became belligerent to the front desk staff. In response, they called security. Security officers escorted the man out to his vehicle.
He continued to verbally abuse security officers. After getting into his vehicle, he proceeded to speed toward our officers and rammed into the security vehicle. He then steered his vehicle and sped toward our officers individually trying to hit them.
Our officers fired one shot each at the vehicle in self-defense.
The officers were not hit. The man then drove west out the main driveway of the hospital and crashed.
Tulsa Police Department arrived at the hospital quickly. We’re thankful for our security officers’ and TPD’s immediate response.”
