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Patient Stabs Staff With Used Needle At Philly Hospital: Authorities Patient Stabs Staff With Used Needle At Philly Hospital: Authorities
Patient Stabs Staff With Used Needle At Philly Hospital: Authorities A patient attacked Episcopal Hospital staff with a syringe on Wednesday, July 31, according to Philadelphia police.  The patient arrived at the 100 E. Lehigh St. hospital "displaying violent and agitated behavior," security staff told authorities.  He fought with nursing staff as they tried to give him medicine with a syringe, knocking the syringe away and "causing it to poke a security guard in the arm," PPD said.  When a recovery specialist tried to intervene, the patient "stabbed him twice in the left forearm with the used needle," police continued. The patient tried to s…

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by Mac Bullock
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Shooting Leads To Barricade, Arrest In Philadelphia: Police Shooting Leads To Barricade, Arrest In Philadelphia: Police
Wendell Saunders Charged With Attempted Murder: Philly PD One man is in custody following a standoff in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood on Saturday, April 27, city police said in a release.  Wendell Saunders, 47, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and related counts, authorities said.  According to police, a gunshot victim walked into Episcopal Hospital around 6:40 a.m. They were taken to Temple Hospital in stable condition and Saunders was identified as the suspected shooter.  Police tracked the 47-year-old to a home on the 2100 block of East Cambria Street and declared a barricade situation.&nb…

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by Mac Bullock