KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 40-year-old Independence man is facing charges in a shooting last Friday at University Health Truman Medical Center in Kansas City .
Jackson County prosecutors have charged Shawn Caskey with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action.
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According to court documents, around 8:40 a.m. Friday, Feb. 2, Kansas City police officers responded to University Health for a reported “assist the officer” call. Officers later learned that a security guard was shot and there was an active shooter in the hospital emergency room.
When KCPD arrived on scene, they were led to an ER room where security officers Caskey had been taken into custody.
The victim said he was walking through the emergency room when a nurse told him Caskey was becoming a problem and they were going to discharge him. The victim said he called for an additional security officer to help escort Caskey out of the hospital.