US EditionHospital Police Officer Shot and Killed in North Carolina Emergency Department Struggle
Roger Smith, 59, died after a struggle and shooting at WakeMed Garner Healthplex; suspect Benji Martin Jr., 29, charged with murder, police said.
- On Saturday, WakeMed campus police officer Roger Smith, 59, was shot in the emergency department lobby and later died, and Garner police say Benji Martin Jr., 29, is charged with murder with no active public threat.
- WakeMed Garner Healthplex is on the 400 block of U.S. Highway 70, just outside Raleigh, and the WakeMed police department patrols six facilities in the health system.
- Officials said a struggle broke out in the emergency department lobby before Smith was shot, and a heavy law enforcement response with 20 to 30 officers secured the scene while Wake County EMS transported Smith to WakeMed Raleigh.
- Hospital officials closed the emergency department lobby and added staff and counselors on site to support employees and law enforcement, while WakeMed wrote, `Our thoughts and prayers are now with the Smith family as they come to learn of this tragic event.`
- State and local investigators, including the State Bureau of Investigation, lead the probe as WakeMed leadership works with the Garner Police Department in the city of about 31,000 people.
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Hospital police officer shot and killed in North Carolina emergency department struggle
A confrontation at a North Carolina hospital has led to the shooting death of a police officer. The shooting happened Saturday morning in the emergency department lobby at WakeMed Garner Healthplex.
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