Hunter
05/27/21
A person armed with a knife at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Emergency Room was taken into custody with no hospital personnel injuries.
The Gazette reports that the person entered the ER just before 7 pm Tuesday night, and was threatening others with the weapon. Iowa City Police and University of Iowa police arrived on scene shortly after receiving the report, and were joined by an Iowa Department of Corrections officer who was there on a separate matter.
UI spokeswoman Haley Bruce told the paper that the person was being treated at the hospital for injuries they inflicted on themselves during the incident as of Wednesday morning.
The incident remains under investigation.