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Patient charged after visitor fatally shot at Missouri hospital
A visitor was fatally shot at Centerpoint Medical Center on Oct.
22.
The hospital is in Independence, Missouri.
Patient James Lawson has been charged in connection with the shooting, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said.
He faces second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful firearm possession charges.
The case involves a fatal shooting inside a hospital, but no further details about what led to it were provided.
The charges were announced on Oct.
23, and no next steps in the case were specified.
A visitor was fatally shot at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri, on Oct. 22.
A patient, James Lawson, has been charged with second-degree murder, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Lawson also faces charges of armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm.
- Who
- Visitor was fatally shot; patient James Lawson was charged.
- What
- A visitor was fatally shot, and a patient faces criminal charges.
- When
- Oct. 22; the charges were reported in an Oct. 23 news release.
- Where
- Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri.
- Why
- Not stated
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A visitor was fatally shot at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri.
The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office issued a news release reporting charges against James Lawson.
- Victim
- A visitor was fatally shot
- Hospital
- Centerpoint Medical Center
- Location
- Independence, Missouri
- Shooting date
- Oct. 22
- Defendant
- James Lawson
- Charges
- Second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm