La. hospital employee found beaten behind clinic

A woman who worked at Abbeville (La.) General Hospital was held at gunpoint and beaten behind the hospital’s Rural Health Clinic Wednesday, according to a local news report from KLFY News.

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The report says the employee was crossing Alonzo Street — the street that runs through the hospital campus — when she was stopped by a man who asked about a physician. After hearing screams, police and the house supervisor arrived on the scene, according to the report. The woman was treated at the hospital and released Wednesday.

The hospital was placed on lockdown for 45 minutes and the hospital’s women’s clinic closed down for the day, according to the report. Police are still looking for a suspect.

 

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