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Doctor shot in Dallas hospital
Healthcare Security Weekly, March 28, 2004
A psychiatrist suffered a minor gunshot wound last week, after a man allegedly shot the doctor in his Baylor University Medical Center office. The suspect slipped away from the office immediately following the shooting, the Dallas Star Telegram reports. There are no reports of an arrest.
Michael Brennan, MD, received treatment at the hospital emergency room across campus for a minor gunshot wound to his left forearm.
The shooting occurred in the mid-afternoon. Immediately following the shooting, Dallas police officers arrived to assist Baylor security officers in the search for the suspect.
After enacting an emergency code with no lockdown, the report of a gunman on the loose scared hospital workers. Some hospital workers did lock their offices when they heard about the gunman
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