{"id":1049904,"date":"2026-09-08T01:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1049904\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T01:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:05:16","slug":"houston-texas-shooting-knife-wielding-patient-shot-multiple-times-by-security-at-memorial-hermann-memorial-city-medical-center-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1049904\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston, Texas shooting: Knife-wielding patient shot multiple times by security at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON &#8212; A knife-wielding patient in the emergency room of a hospital was shot multiple times after struggling with security guards, according to the Houston Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HPD said it happened at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to HPD, a man in his early 30s experiencing a mental health crisis was admitted to the hospital and taken to a secluded room in the back of the emergency room at around 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Shortly before 9 p.m., HPD said the man presented a knife and refused to put it down, according to hospital security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HPD said that at least three security guards tried to talk the patient into putting the knife down, but that he refused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">SEE ALSO: <\/strong><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/post\/minneapolis-mn-shooting-news-carlton-johnson-investigated-handgun-june-county-prosecutor-says\/19785831\/\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man who carried out deadly Minneapolis apartment shooting was investigated for handgun in June<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Guards said that when the patient became uncooperative, they used tasers on him to get the knife away from him, according to HPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HPD said that the suspect did go down after being shocked, but eventually got back up and reached for the knife again.<\/p>\n<p>Top Stories<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"iVcn UbGlr ibBnq qdXbA avodi DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE QGHKv HNQqj ICwhc Bkgbl ZLXw kSqqG rEBmF sfsRN \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/post\/nc-weather-forecast-raleigh-durham-fayetteville-north-carolina\/44993\/\" aria-label=\"Warming Up\" aria-describedby=\"WarmingUpbody\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19803590_090726-wtvd-wx-4p-clean-img.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">That&#8217;s when, according to HPD, one of the guards shot the man multiple times in the torso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">After being shot, the suspect immediately received medical treatment, according to HPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HPD said it is investigating the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a statement, Memorial Hermann said the following:<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">&#8220;The safety and privacy of our workforce, patients and visitors are our top priority. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement&#8217;s investigation and, due to patient privacy laws, cannot comment further at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8212; A knife-wielding patient in the emergency room of a hospital was shot multiple times after struggling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1049905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[420420,4345,358,3187],"class_list":["post-1049904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-420420","tag-houston","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117232739889012244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}