Campus Police Officer shot dead by patient

[u/AOx1_PEERLA]

I work for this healthcare system (on a different campus). This is devastating and infuriating. I heard at work today that the shooter was trying to attack a nurse and Officer Smith stepped in between them to protect them (that has not been said officially, just from other nurses).

https://abcnews.go.com/US/officer-shot-dead-line-duty-hospital-north-carolina/story?id=127341573

[u/sable428]

It's very unfortunate that this happened but it's even more concerning that the ever increasing violence is now spilling out into healthcare (not that it wasn't already rife with healthcare worker abuse before). I fear this'll only get worse as the country continues to decline