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Man subdued with stun gun dies after fatally shooting officer in hospital | Man subdued with stun gun dies after fatally shooting officer in hospital |
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Authorities said a suspect in a domestic incident who was being treated at a Minnesota hospital grabbed a gun from a sheriff’s deputy and killed the officer. | Authorities said a suspect in a domestic incident who was being treated at a Minnesota hospital grabbed a gun from a sheriff’s deputy and killed the officer. |
Superintendent Drew Evans of the Minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension said hospital security officers subdued the suspect with a stun gun, and he died soon afterwards. | |
The shooting happened early on Sunday morning at St Cloud hospital. The deputy was identified as 60-year-old Steven Sandberg; the suspect was 50-year-old Danny Hammond. | |
Police and hospital officials declined to say at a news conference why Hammond was being treated at the hospital. | Police and hospital officials declined to say at a news conference why Hammond was being treated at the hospital. |
They said the hospital had asked the sheriff’s department to station a guard in Hammond’s room because of the seriousness of the domestic incident, which was earlier in the week. | They said the hospital had asked the sheriff’s department to station a guard in Hammond’s room because of the seriousness of the domestic incident, which was earlier in the week. |
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