US EditionKnife-Wielding Man Fatally Shot by Police in West Virginia Hospital Emergency Room
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, AUG 8 – The man became aggressive, attacked an employee, and ignored police commands before being fatally shot, with the emergency room locked down for two hours afterward, officials said.
- Charleston police fatally shot a 46-year-old man, Peter Delnardo Lilly, in the emergency room of CAMC General Hospital early Friday morning.
- Lilly became increasingly agitated after arriving around midnight seeking treatment and began threatening others while wielding a knife and spraying a fire extinguisher.
- After Lilly lunged at a hospital employee inside an elevator, an officer ordered him to drop the knife and then shot him when the attack continued.
- The suspect fell to the floor and was pronounced dead shortly afterward, while no employees sustained serious injury; the ER was locked down for two hours and has since reopened.
- Police Chief Scott Dempsey stated officers acted deliberately to protect lives, and the investigation results will be given to the Kanawha County Prosecutor's Office.
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One dead in police shooting at CAMC emergency room
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A man was shot and killed by police early Friday morning after pulling a knife on patients and staff in the Charleston Area Medical Center emergency room. The man initially walked into the emergency room seeking treatment, Charleston Chief of Police Scott Dempsey said. He entered the hospital just after midnight seeking treatment for an unknown injury. Witnesses said the man began acting erratically, yelling and being …
Serious incident at a West Virginia hospital. A man entered the emergency room and asked for help. After a few minutes, he began to scream and become aggressive. The individual then came out of the bathroom with a knife and attacked an employee. The police immediately got on the phone. The agents were forced to open fire because the man did not want to surrender. The attacker was shot and killed.
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