HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A knife-wielding patient in the emergency room of a hospital was shot multiple times after struggling with security guards, according to the Houston Police Department.<\/p>\n
HPD said it happened at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
According to HPD, a man in his early 30s experiencing a mental health crisis was admitted to the hospital and taken to a secluded room in the back of the emergency room at around 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Shortly before 9 p.m., HPD said the man presented a knife and refused to put it down, according to hospital security.<\/p>\n
HPD said that at least three security guards tried to talk the patient into putting the knife down, but that he refused.<\/p>\n
Guards said that when the patient became uncooperative, they used tasers on him to get the knife away from him, according to HPD.<\/p>\n
HPD said that the suspect did go down after being shocked, but eventually got back up and reached for the knife again.<\/p>\n
That’s when, according to HPD, one of the guards shot the man multiple times in the torso.<\/p>\n
After being shot, the suspect immediately received medical treatment, according to HPD.<\/p>\n
HPD said it is investigating the shooting.<\/p>\n
ABC13 has reached out to Memorial Hermann and is awaiting a response.<\/p>\n
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