"A Boston Medical Center employee suffered life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed early Wednesday morning by a Roxbury man who is now facing assault charges, authorities said. At about 2 a.m., Boston police responded to the center's campus and discovered that a public safety officer had been stabbed in his right leg by a man visiting a patient, according to a police report."
"Drew Gardner, the hospital's spokesperson, confirmed that the employee "was treated immediately and is recovering" and that the hospital is "open and operating normally" following the incident. "Earlier this morning, Boston Police and Boston Medical Center Public Safety responded to an assault on a staff member on our campus," the center said in a statement. "The situation was addressed immediately, and the assailant is now in Boston Police Department custody. There is no ongoing threat to staff or patients.""
"When officers arrived, they found a man, later identified as Bannister, "standing, handcuffed, bleeding profusely from the face." A public safety officer explained that Bannister had visited a female patient and was attempting to leave with some of her belongings, according to the report. Security footage showed the public safety officers intervening to take the patient's belongings back and Bannister becoming hostile, police said in the report."
A Boston Medical Center public safety officer was stabbed around 2 a.m. on the hospital campus and suffered life-threatening injuries to his right leg. The suspect, identified as 37-year-old Branden Bannister of Roxbury, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and trafficking cocaine over 18 grams. Security footage shows officers intervening when Bannister attempted to leave with a female patient's belongings and became hostile; officers pepper-sprayed him after he appeared to clutch his hoodie pocket. Bannister was found handcuffed and bleeding; the employee was treated and is recovering. The hospital remains open and operating normally.
Read at Boston.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]