A spokesperson for the Abilene Police Department told the publication the man walked into the hospital’s ER and told a nurse his blood type and that he was an organ donor. He shot himself in the head in the ER waiting area around 8:55 p.m., the spokesperson told the publication.
Hospital staff transferred the man to a treatment room, but pronounced him dead at 9:17 p.m. The spokesperson said people in the waiting area were transferred to another room, and the hospital brought in chaplains to console medical personnel and witnesses of the incident.
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