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The shooting occurred around 1:45 a.m. at Charleston Area
Medical Center’s General Hospital in Charleston, Police Chief
Scott Dempsey said at a news conference.
The suspect walked into the emergency room shortly after
midnight seeking treatment for an undetermined injury. He began
acting erratically, yelled and became aggressive toward others.
The man eventually came out of a bathroom with a knife, lunged
at others, moved furniture and sprayed a fire extinguisher,
Dempsey said.
Others in the emergency room “were trying to just de-escalate
the situation, but it obviously was not working. And at some
point they had to protect theirself by getting to safety,”
Dempsey said.
When an arriving officer ordered the suspect to drop the knife,
the man went into an elevator and began attacking an employee
before the officer shot the suspect. The suspect fell to the
floor and later was pronounced dead. The employee was not
injured, the chief said.
Police later identified the man as Peter Delnardo Lilly, 46, of
Charleston.
The emergency room was locked down for about two hours
afterward, hospital spokesperson Dale Witte said in a statement.
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