OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A person was arrested after breaking a door contained in the Mercy Hospital maternity ward on Friday, inflicting the hospital to be positioned beneath lockdown.
“Officers had been initially notified a couple of man who was up there attempting to get into, I assume it’s the maternity ward,” MSgt. Gary Knight with Oklahoma Metropolis Police Division instructed Information 4.
Knight is speaking about 22-year-old Cristo Martinez who was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on Friday after giving the employees and sufferers at Mercy Hospital fairly the scare.
“A girl was up there. The 2 had been in a relationship. He was wanting within the room. She didn’t need him in there, made it very clear she didn’t need him in there. He refused to go away the premise,” Knight stated.
In accordance with the police report, Martinez then “turned irate” and “started to slam his physique into the secured double door entrance to the wing wherein he sufferer’s room was positioned.
He brought about $3,300 of injury to the door, in response to police.
“He didn’t shatter the glass however he mainly broke the way in which the door capabilities,” Knight stated.
Martinez was gone by the point officers obtained there, however he then began sending the sufferer threatening messages.
“Despatched a textual content of himself with a gun, indicating he was going to be coming again up there to get in,” Knight stated.
Officers with Mercy Hospital despatched Information 4 the next assertion on Monday:
“As a result of a home scenario, Mercy Hospital Oklahoma Metropolis elevated safety measures early Friday to make sure the protection of sufferers, co-workers and households. Oklahoma Metropolis Police are on website and are investigating. Mercy stays open and affected person care continues. As all the time, we pray for the well being and security of all.”
“The hospital did all the things proper,” Stated Knight. “It was very scary for a number of the individuals in there however ultimately, everybody ended up okay and he ended up in jail.”
On Monday, in response to courtroom data, the sufferer filed a protecting order towards Martinez.
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