Gun In Emergency Room Forces Winter Park Hospital Lockdown
POSTED: Saturday, July 23, 2005
UPDATED: 10:20 pm EDT July 23,
2005
The Winter Park Hospital was placed in lockdown early Saturday after a gun was found in the hospital's emergency room, according to Local 6 News.
Police said two groups of men were involved in an argument at about 2 a.m. Saturday at a gas station in Casselberry, Fla.
During the confrontation, a man pulled a weapon to defend his friend and ended up shooting himself.
The injured man and several others went to the Winter Park Hospital after the shooting.
Authorities said the gun was found in the emergency room and a second gun was found by police in a car outside the facility.
There have been no arrests made in the case, Local 6 News reported Saturday night.
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