OCALA, Fla. — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened at Ocala Regional Medical Center late Wednesday.
The shooting was reported at about 11:54 p.m. at the SW First Avenue facility, police said.
The suspect, who was not identified, was charged with robbing a Bank of America in the 2300 block of East State Road 40, investigators said.
As he was being arrested the man fell and told officers he was injured, so they took him to Ocala Regional Medical Center, the Ocala Police Department said.
"If anybody complains of an injury, we are going to take them to the hospital and make sure they get some type of medical care," acting Ocala Police Chief Rodney Smith said.
When the suspect's handcuffs were taken off so hospital workers could X-ray him, he attacked a female staffer and threatened her and others with a pair of scissors, police said.
When he would not obey their commands to drop the scissors, one of the officers, a 25-year veteran of the force, shot the suspect twice, investigators said.
His injury was not believed to be life-threatening.
Smith said the officer did the right thing in that situation.
"The suspect grabbed medical personnel, armed himself with scissors, made threats to the medical personnel and to our officers, which led to the officer shooting the suspect," he said.
The hospital staff member involved in the incident received minor injuries and was treated at the scene, police said.
The suspect remained hospitalized Thursday but will be taken to the Marion County Jail once he has recovered, the police department said.
The 25-veteran police officer who fired the shots was placed on paid leave as part of the department's procedure.
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