State Senator raises concerns with Hawthorn Center, Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital

WESTLAND, Mich. – A member of the Michigan Senate is pushing for state hearings to find out who knew what at the Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital. An active shooter drill inside the state-run hospital gained national attention in 2022. Patients and most of the staff were not informed ahead of time. Four law enforcement agencies who responded to panicked 911 calls from inside the hospital weren’t notified of the drill, either and responded as if the threat was real.

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