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WILLOWBROOK (CBSLA.com) — A hospital employee was shot and injured Monday in South Los Angeles.
Officials responded around 12:15 p.m. to the Mental Health Urgent Care center, which is an urgent care facility on the MLK Medical Campus in the 12000 block of South Wilmington Avenue.
READ MORE: LA County To Expand Access To Coronavirus Vaccine To More Essential Workers Starting MondayA man in his 20s had been brought in for treatment by his family when he became agitated and shot a male nurse, KNX 1070’s Claudia Peschiutta reports.
READ MORE: Meet The Giltinis: LA's New Rugby Team to Open Play At Coliseum March 20The patient was then detained by hospital security guards, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department authorities said.
MORE NEWS: High Winds Expected To Continue Through Sunday For Parts Of SoCalThe victim, who was transported a trauma center with a gunshot wound to his thigh, was expected to survive, Peschiutta reported.