I went to work on Sunday night at Clearlake Hospital and there was some drama going on. Early in the shift, the charge nurse came around and said that we were on lockdown. That means that the hospital was locked, no one in or out. There was a guy outside in the parking lot with a gun. Scary stuff! There was all kinds of rumors going on about what was happening, and of course it was dark so it was hard to see. Around 11 or 12 midnight, I heard gunshots outside. Many gunshots. I figured that the guy had done something and the police had shot him. I was right. Here is the article from the Chronicle about what happened. This guy was crazy!
Webster police shoot man wielding flashlight at hospital
A man who was shot by police outside a Webster hospital after threatening people and brandishing what officers thought might be a gun is undergoing treatment today for multiple wounds. Donna Hawkins, an assistant Harris County district attorney, today identified the man as Steven Moran. No further information about him was available. Investigators are trying to determine why Moran, who had been injured in a traffic accident before being taken to Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, threatened to shoot hospital staff members who tried to help him. He was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston after the shooting late Sunday. Police said he was wielding an object as if it were a weapon, but which turned out to be a small flashlight that he was holding in a two-handed grip as if it were a pistol. Staff members told officers that Moran was lying between two cars in the parking lot about 11 p.m. Sunday and that they couldn't help him because he was threatening to shoot anyone who came near, Webster police said. Police later learned that Moran's father had driven him to the hospital and left him in the car while he went inside to get help. The man apparently crawled out of the vehicle, but was unable to walk into the hospital. Officers secured the parking lot and tried to convince the man to put down the object he was holding and surrender. After negotiations failed, they moved in and fired at him when they thought he was about to shoot, officials said. Moran was treated there, then transferred to Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston in stable condition, officials said. As is routine in shootings involving police officers, the Harris County District Attorney's Office is investigating along with Webster police.
Anyway, that was lots of excitement for our little area.
1 comment:
Great! This just adds to the list of crazy people that have graced Clear Lake with their presence. I'm glad the police didn't use "lethal" force and probably just shot him in the leg or something...but that is nuts.
And to think, for 5 years in a row, my zip 77062 has had the 3rd lowest crime rate....behind River Oaks (locked down, affluent community), and some other posh neighborhood in the city.
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