Veteran shoots self at VA hospital in Temple

Officials: Veteran shoots self at VA hospital in Temple
American-Statesman Staff
By Jeremy Schwartz
Sept. 9, 2013

A veteran shot himself inside a public restroom at the Department of Veterans Affairs Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center in Temple on Monday morning and was taken to Scott and White Hospital’s trauma unit, VA officials said.

Officials say the veteran, who they are not identifying, walked into the hospital around 7:55 a.m. and went to a public restroom near the entrance and shot himself.

VA officials also would not disclose the type of treatment the man was receiving at the medical center.
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