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Central Alberta Hospital Locked Down After Man Utters Threats; Suspect Arrested

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Sep, 2016 11:46 AM
    RED DEER, Alta. — A man is in custody after a hospital in central Alberta was locked down following threats to staff.
     
    RCMP say the Red Deer Regional Hospital was closed for almost an hour on Wednesday night after a threat was called in.
     
    Police say the call came from a man who had gone to the hospital earlier, but left again without receiving treatment.
     
    Officers were sent to the hospital as well as to a Red Deer home, where a suspect was arrested without incident.
     
    No one was injured and patient services were not interrupted during the lockdown.
     
    A 22-year-old man is facing a charge of uttering threats and is to undergo a mental-health assessment.
     
    His name is not being released at this time.

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