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Three arrested after fight at ER
Healthcare Security Weekly, May 19, 2008
A fight that police described as bordering “on a riot,” led to three arrests at the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) General Hospital’s emergency department in West Virginia.
One man brandished a loaded handgun, another punched a hole in a wall, and a woman struck someone with a telephone during the April fight in the emergency department’s waiting room, according to the Charleston Gazette. A security guard responded after an emergency room worker hit an electronic “panic button” and police arrived minutes later, hospital officials told the newspaper.
Security officers disarmed the man with the gun. A tape from security cameras was turned over to Charleston Police. A 21-year-old Ohio man was charged after allegedly pulling a loaded semi-automatic pistol on several people in the waiting area.
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