Patient grabs officer's gun, opens fire inside Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital: Sources

Published: Aug 31, 2024 Duration: 00:01:45 Category: News & Politics

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MORE IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. >> OKAY BRITTANY THANK YOU. ALL NEW TONIGHT. A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT A HOSPITAL IN CHERRY HILL. AN OFFICER BROUGHT IN A PATIENT FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT. TODAY, THE PATIENT SOMEHOW THEN GRABBED THE OFFICER'S GUN AND FIRED SHOTS. THANKFULLY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. ACTION NEWS REPORTER KATIE KATRO HAS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. >> WE SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHO SAYS HE WORKS HERE AT THE HOSPITAL WHILE HE WAS TOO SHAKEN UP TO SHOW HIS FACE ON CAMERA, HE SAYS HE'S ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENED. >> IT'S SCARY. >> THESE ARE THE TEXT ALERT MESSAGES AND THE EMAIL AT JEFFERSON, CHERRY HILL HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE SAYS HE RECEIVED TODAY. IT JUST SAID ON ALL CLEAR FOR AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT, BUT DIDN'T INITIALLY GET ANY TEXT MESSAGE PRIOR SAYING THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. SOURCES TELL ACTION NEWS A HI-NELLA POLICE OFFICER BROUGHT A PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL JUST AFTER NOON SATURDAY. SOURCES SAY ONCE INSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THE PATIENT GOT A HOLD OF AN OFFICER'S GUN AND STARTED FIRING SHOTS. >> I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW THIS HAPPENED. JUST BEING ABLE TO GRAB A HOLSTER OF AN OFFICER'S GUN, THAT SIMPLY. AND THEN BEING ABLE TO DISCHARGE IT THAT FAST. SCARY. SOURCES SAY NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE PATIENT WAS SUBDUED. >> THE EMPLOYEE WE SPOKE WITH SAYS WHILE HE WASN'T WORKING TODAY, HE HAS CONCERNS FOR HIS FELLOW EMPLOYEES WHO WERE AT THE HOSPITAL. HE ALSO HAS SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS MOVING FORWARD. >> WHETHER PEOPLE REALIZE IT OR NOT, LIKE THE MEDICAL FIELD IS SCARY. WE'RE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE AND WE KIND OF HAVE TO WATCH OUR OWN BACKS AT THE SAME TIME. >> WE REACHED OUT TO BOTH THE HOSPITAL AND AUTHORITIES AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK AT THIS TIME. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CONTACT AUTHORITIES AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. REPORTING IN CHERRY

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