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Healthcare Security Weekly, August 11, 2008
A hospital security officer who was allegedly attacked by a patient on Saturday, August 2, has died from his injuries.
Monte Ruby, a security guard at the Cox North hospital, was kicked in the head by a man Springfield, MO police brought to the emergency room for treatment, reported WOLR-KSFX Ozarks. The man who attacked Ruby, 41-year-old Jeffrey Bolden, is charged with felony assault on an officer, a charge that may now be changed to manslaughter or murder.
On August 6, CoxHealth announced that Ruby died from the injuries to his brain stem and spine that left him in a coma, reported KY3 Springfield News. Bolden ran from police on August 2 and they used a K-9 unit to track him down. Police took him to the hospital because of minor injuries from the dogs. Police said Ruby was trying to calm Bolden, who was agitated, unruly, and handcuffed to a hospital bed while being treated for bites from a Springfield police dog. A city police officer accompanied Bolden to the hospital, the news station said.
Police arrested Bolden for assaulting his father and trying to set himself and his father’s home on fire. Police said he couldn’t get a lighter to work after he doused himself with gasoline. Bolden fled from his father’s house when police showed up and hid in a brushy lot until police used dogs to find him, KY3 Springfield News reported.
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