‘Atrociously unsafe’: ICE contractor leaves gun unattended in Tacoma hospital bathroom

TACOMA, Wash. — A loaded firearm was discovered inside one of Pierce County’s busiest hospitals after being left unattended by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contractor.

KING 5 confirmed that early Saturday morning, an ICE contractor from the Northwest ICE Processing Facility in Tacoma left their gun in a bathroom at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.

It is a situation the Washington State Nurses Association, which represents nurses at the hospital, called “atrociously unsafe.”…

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