Woman Shoots Herself in Columbia Hospital
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Authorities said the woman took the gun from a Department of Corrections officer who was at the hospital with an inmate.
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Associated Press
Published: August 27, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a patient at a Columbia hospital shot herself in the head after grabbing a gun from a prison officer’s holster.
The patient was in critical condition after shooting herself around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. A hospital spokeswoman declined to give any updates Wednesday. Columbia police spokesman Brick Lewis said the woman neither injured nor threatened anyone else.
Authorities said the woman took the gun from a Department of Corrections officer who was at the hospital with an inmate.
Palmetto Health spokeswoman Tammie Epps said the hospital diverted patients to other hospitals for about two hours after the shooting.
Columbia police, the Department of Corrections and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are investigating.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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