Inmate fatally shoots guard, kills self at Ohio hospital

A county jail inmate receiving therapy at an Ohio hospital shot and killed a safety guard, pointed the weapon at others after which killed himself in a car parking zone, authorities mentioned.

The taking pictures Wednesday at Miami Valley Hospital occurred earlier than a gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed 4 folks and himself at a medical constructing on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was the most recent in a sequence of lethal mass shootings throughout the nation in current weeks.

According to Dayton police, inmate Brian Booth, 30, was receiving therapy when he struggled with Darrell Holderman, 78, and took his gun. Holderman labored for an organization employed by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office to supply safety for inmates who’re admitted to hospitals.

Holderman sustained a number of cranium fractures and lacerations to his fingers in the course of the wrestle, authorities mentioned.

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After taking pictures Holderman, police mentioned folks ducked for canopy as Booth pointed the gun at them whereas operating down a hallway and into the car parking zone, the place he killed himself.

Booth was being held within the county jail on a probation violation stemming from a 2015 housebreaking, authorities mentioned.