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September 9, 2019Witnesses said the patient was becoming combative as hospital workers attempted to restrain him at Roper St. Francis Hospital.
A patient in the Roper St. Francis emergency room in South Carolina stole an electric stun gun from a hospital security officer and fired it over the weekend.
According to police, the gun hit a hospital worker in the foot on Saturday night, reports ABC News 4.
The patient, Kyle Cahill, is being charged with third-degree assault and battery after he fought with several Roper St. Francis medical and security staff.
Cahill, 29, needed to be restrained after trying to fight someone.
Witnesses told police that Cahill was violently struggling and spitting on hospital workers and was then able to take a security officer’s electric stun gun from his holster.