Charges could be laid in Hull Hospital attack
Posted Oct 11, 2017 06:19:15 AM.
Last Updated Oct 11, 2017 06:22:16 AM.
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GATINEAU – An elderly man could face charges in connection to threats made against staff at the Hull Hospital.
Around 6:30 a.m. Friday, staff reported a 71-year-old man threatening staff and patients with a syringe on the seventh floor.
A police officer was already in the building on another matter when the call came for help.
Two people suffered minor injuries before the officer managed to subdue the man with a stun gun, while a third person went into shock.
The man was arrested on scene, but quickly released to undergo medical treatment.
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