
One Person Was Injured in Shooting at a Virginia Hospital. A Suspect Is in Custody
Published on December 23, 2023
RICHMOND, Va.—One person was injured at a hospital in Virginia when a man who had come to the facility for a mental health evaluation Friday began shooting, police said. Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards told reporters that a 911 call came in at 4:11 a.m. of shots fired at Chippenham Hospital. Officers who were already in the emergency room responded and found one adult male with critical, but not life-threatening, gunshot wounds. The suspect surrendered and was taken into custody. Edwards said that a Chesterfield police officer who was also at the hospital for an unrelated reason had returned fire with his weapon during the incident, but the suspect was not injured....
