The 28-year-old man, identified as Peshwaz Azad Waise, walked into the Center for Women at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and proceeded to threaten those inside, “insisting they take the [Quran] from him,” and telling “them to give the Quran to the chaplain or chapel ‘or die,'” the report stated. Mr. Waise left the hospital before police arrived.
The day before he entered the hospital, Mr. Waise stopped Denton police while they were driving to another call and began “speaking irrationally,” police said. Since he did not act illegally, they resumed their duties.
Then on Wednesday morning, the University of North Texas Police responded to a reported disturbance at an IHOP on campus. Police found Mr. Waise again “speaking irrationally,” and issued him a notice for trespassing, the report stated. He then proceeded to go to the hospital.
After he left the women’s center, Mr. Waise went to the Denton County Courthouse and tried to enter but was stopped at a security checkpoint. Sheriff officials arrived on the scene, escorting Mr. Waise outside of the building where he was detained. Authorities are currently searching his car.
Mr. Waise is being held at Denton County Jail as the investigation continues.
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