Death Threats/Weapons Charge Med for Depression 10/09/1999 Michigan Man Threatens to Kill All Doctors in Hospital in Michigan
 
 Summary:<br><br>Fourth paragraph from last reads:&nbsp; &quot;Deziel said Brown apparently suffers from <strong>depression</strong> and was<strong> treated</strong> with <strong>prescription medication.&quot;<br /><br /></strong>Second paragraph reads: &quot;Jeffery Allen Brown, 28, walked into the hospital lobby<strong> Thursday a</strong>nd yelled out that he planned to<strong> kill all doctors who performed abortions.&quot;<br /></strong>____________________________________________________________________<br /><br />Gunman tackled at hospital: Man threatened to kill doctors at Oakwood Hospital<br />Detroit News, The (MI)<br />September 10, 1999<br />Author: Craig Garrett<br />The Detroit News <br />Estimated printed pages: 2 <br /><img src="../localhost/C_/Program%20Files/Eudora%20Pro/Embedded/1050aa91.jpg" alt="[]" width="1" height="1" /> <br /><br />DEARBORN -- A Lincoln Park man who brandished a loaded shotgun and threatened to kill doctors at Dearborn&#39;s Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center before he was wrestled to the floor and disarmed is expected to be charged today with a felony in the city&#39;s district court.<br />&nbsp;<br />Jeffery Allen Brown, 28, walked into the hospital lobby Thursday and yelled out that he planned to kill all doctors who performed abortions.<br /><br />Hospital security guards inside the lobby area managed to tackle Brown and take away his pump shotgun before he could carry out his threat, police said.<br /><br />The four unarmed guards were not hurt. Each had received training in subduing angry or dangerous people, the hospital&#39;s security chief, Ken Kessey, said.<br /><br />The incident started at about 10:30 a.m. when Brown pulled up in a white Chrysler convertible at the lobby entrance. Police say he got out of the car, reached into the backseat to get the loaded shotgun, and stormed into the lobby.<br /><br />He began yelling threats and calling doctors killers for performing abortions, police said.<br /><br />The guards calmly walked up to him, grabbed the weapon and forced him to the floor.<br /><br />Ironically, no abortions are performed at the hospital, said Dr. George Kazzi, chief of Oakwood&#39;s obstetrics and gynecology. He said Oakwood staff doctors last year delivered about 4,700 babies.<br /><br />Oakwood &quot;is committed to the sanctity of life,&quot; he said.<br /><br />None of the hospital&#39;s 3,000 employees, including the four unarmed security guards, were hurt during the brief struggle.<br /><br />Brown was arrested by Dearborn police and jailed at police headquarters. He&#39;ll be arraigned today before 19th District Judge William Holtgren on a felony charge of assault with intent to commit <strong>murder</strong>, police. He could face up to life in prison if found guilty.<br /><br />&quot;Everybody&#39;s just glad it&#39;s over,&quot; Oakwood spokeswoman Laurie Armstrong said.<br /><br />Brown, a newspaper delivery driver, told police that a former girlfriend had undergone an abortion a few years ago, and he blamed doctors for the death of the child, a girl, said Dearborn Police Chief Ron Deziel.<br /><br />Deziel said Brown following his arrest ranted about abortion and said &quot;doctors are murderers who must be killed.&quot;<br /><br />Deziel said Brown apparently suffers from <strong>depression</strong> and was treated with prescription <strong>medication</strong>. The chief said Brown lives with his parents.<br /><br />&quot;He has an obvious mental instability,&quot; Deziel said.<br /><br />Michigan Right to Life spokeswoman Pamela Sherstad said her pro-life organization is against all forms of violence.<br /><br />Brown&#39;s attack, however, shows that &quot;many men are left out of the (abortion decision) process,&quot; she said. <br />Edition:&nbsp; Final<br />Section:&nbsp; Metro<br />Page:&nbsp; 3C<br />Dateline:&nbsp; DEARBORN <br />Copyright (c) The Detroit News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Co., Inc. by NewsBank, inc.<br />Record Number:&nbsp; det2904958 <br /><br />OpenURL Article Bookmark (right click, and copy the link location):<br /><a href="http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:DTNB&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=0F7500B2D5377556&amp;svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&amp;req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0">Gunman tackled at hospital: Man threatened to kill doctors at Oakwood Hospital</a><br /> 
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