September 23, 2009
Man sought for questioning in parents' death fires shot in VA hospital
BY ROSE SOBOL AND MICHAEL LANSU Staff Reporters
Emergency crews remain on the scene of a Near West Side hospital Wednesday morning, more than five hours after a person of interest in a double-murder allegedly fired shots and holed himself the facility, authorities said.
At 5:40 a.m., police remain on the scene of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, where a man has holed himself inside the facility with a gun, police said. No injuries have been reported.
Bobby Freeman, an admission clerk at medical center, said a man walked into the facility about 1:20 a.m. and stood behind a patient he was admitting into the hospital.
The man -- described as a 40- to 50-year old bald black man with no facial hair in a white T-shirt, blue jeans and white gym shoes -- asked for the location of the washroom and told Freeman he wanted to see a doctor, the clerk said.
The man went into the washroom, came out and walked into the emergency room, where he fired a shot into the ceiling and pointed a gun to his head, Freeman said.
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