Paramedic Wrestles Gun Away from 94-Year-Old Shooter at Nursing Home

BUFFALO, NY - Buffalo Police have charged 94-year-old John Tenant with attempted murder after he was involved in a shooting at an assisted living facility Wednesday morning. According to police, the incident began around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, at Mary Agnes Manor at 307 Porter Avenue, when a 94-year-old man refused to go to ECMC for a psychiatric evaluation. The man began telling employees that he was armed, and threatening to shoot them. The employees - including two paramedics, one maintenance worker, and several other facility employees - did not take his threats seriously, and continued to try to take him. But the man did have a loaded .38-caliber revolver in the pocket of his walker, which he drew, and fired one shot. The bullet became lodged in the wall near the maintenance worker. An AMR employee, paramedic Timothy Hoar, then tackled the man, and he was disarmed. No one was injured. Read more at WGRZ.
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