Detectives later indicated the liquid was water, and the injection flushed the patient’s IV line, a Sandy Springs police spokesperson said. Police did not say how the water became pink or why the victim was in the hospital.
After hospital staff resuscitated the victim, a 50-year-old man, he identified the suspect as his roommate, a hospital spokesperson told Channel 2 Action News.
Police detained the man at the hospital and charged him with reckless conduct.
Hospital officials told Channel 2 they are investigating the incident.
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