Man Stabbed A Nurse To Death & Four Others In Hospital

A nurse died and four people were injured
Tuesday in a stabbing attack at an East Texas
medical complex.
A 22-year-old man has been charged with
murder in the stabbings, which happened
around 7 a.m. Tuesday at the Ambulatory
Surgical Center of Good Shepherd Medical
Center in Longview.
Gregg County Jail booking records show Kyron
Rayshawn Templeton of Longview is also
accused of four counts of aggravated assault.
His bond has been set at $2.6 million. Jail
records did not list an attorney for Templeton.
Officer Kristie Brian, a Longview police
spokeswoman, said it’s not yet clear what led
to the attack.
The slain nurse, Gail Sandidge, had been on the
hospital staff since 1978, hospital CEO Steve
Altmiller said at a Tuesday afternoon news
conference. “She was protecting her patients by
an act of courage, and she lost her life as a
result,” he said.
Of the four others wounded, one was in critical
condition, one was in good condition and two
were treated at the hospital and discharged,
Altmiller said.
Templeton was at the hospital with his mother
when he went on a knife-slashing rampage,
Longview police said. Templeton fled on foot
but was caught nearby, subdued after a brief
struggle and arrested, Brian said.