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Corrections officer subdues inmate during hospital visit

Fired a shot at the inmate who had stolen another officer’s gun

By Anne McQuary
WLTX

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A gunshot rang out in the emergency room at the Palmetto Health Richland Hospital Wednesday when a SC Department of Corrections inmate, there to receive treatment, stole a gun from one of the correctional officers escorting him.

A second correctional officer fired a shot toward the inmate/patient which helped subdue the patient and allowed the team to regain custody.

Full story: Guard Shoots At Inmate In ER at Palmetto Health