BREAKING: Shooting Inside Hospital ER
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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Action News is on the scene at Mt. Clemens Regional Medical Center where a shooting has taken place inside the hospital's emergency room.
Hospital officials say the incident happened around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Apparently a prisoner, accompanied by a Macomb County Sheriff's deputy, was being prepped in the ER when he grabbed a sharp instrument and began wielding it as a weapon.
The deputy reportedly then shot the prisoner. It is not known if the prisoner survived or is now being treated for his wound.
A briefing headed by Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel is scheduled to be held shortly.
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