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Maple Heights clinic worker stabbed multiple times
By Kevin FreemanJustin DennisJordan Unger,
9 days ago
MAPLE HEIGHTS , Ohio (WJW) — A worker at the Signature Health clinic along Southgate Park Boulevard was stabbed multiple times with a knife on Wednesday, according to authorities.
The 24-year-old man arrested was a patient at the clinic, Police Chief Todd Hansen said in a media briefing.
The suspect’s caregiver, a 49-year-old man, was stabbed multiple times, including in the chest and neck. He was first stabbed while providing treatment for the patient in a room, according to Hansen. The caregiver chased the patient down the hall and was stabbed again, he said.
Another employee at the facility intervened by throwing a chair at the patient, slowing him down long enough for a security guard to subdue him at gunpoint, according to a press release from the Maple Heights Police Department.
Police officers then arrived at the scene and took the patient into custody.
The stabbing happened at about 1:20 p.m.
The caregiver was transported to a hospital in serious condition, Hansen said. There’s been no update on his condition.
There were no other reported injuries and investigators are still working to determine a motive in the stabbing, the press release said.
Signature Health CEO Jonathan Lee released a statement to FOX 8 News that reads in part:
“Signature Health’s highest priority right now is the welfare of the individual who was injured, and our thoughts are with those impacted at this time,” Lee wrote.
“We are committed to providing a safe environment and we are taking this situation very seriously.”
Anyone with information on the stabbing should reach out to the Maple Heights Detective Bureau at (216) 587-9624 or by emailing Detectives@mhpd-ohio.com.
The facility, in the Southgate USA plaza, serves children and adults and specializes in mental health care and addiction recovery as well as primary medical care, according to the Signature Health website .
It will be closed for the rest of the week, Lee said.
Check back here for updates on this developing story.
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