Authorities said a suspect called for threats to call Huntington Hospital, who temporarily blocked the Pasadena facility on Friday afternoon.
Pasadena City spokesman Lisa Derderian said a man’s patient in the emergency room was in the emergency room, calling in the emergency room and calling in the emergency room to threaten. She said the facility was locked and the upcoming ambulance traffic was transferred to other hospitals.
Spokesman Dorey Huston said the hospital resumed normal surgery around 6:30 p.m.
Hospital staff received a text message at 5:41 pm: “Huntington Hospital received a code silver threat by phone. Locked facilities, but no shelter is required.”
According to the Hospital Association, Code Silver is a hospital code for a person with a weapon, active shooter or hostage situation. Southern California.
According to a copy of the news reviewed by The New York Times, employees received a “full clear” alert shortly before 7:30 p.m.
Deldrian said the Los Angeles Police Department detained the suspect at about 6:30 p.m. and then transferred him to the Pasadena Police Department, the main agency in the incident. There is no immediate information about what he may be charged.
The incident followed two “swing” calls for high heels prompted Southern California to respond to major law enforcement.
Swatting is the name of a false crime or emergency reported at a specific location to cause a special law enforcement response, usually composed of a SWAT team.
On Wednesday night, a caller told officials he was planning to “shoot” a San Bernardino County medical facility, with dozens of armed deputies flocking.
Then on Thursday night, students were warned to asylum at five undergraduate colleges in the Claremont Consortium after the Claremont Police Department notified the Gunners’ phone warning on the Claremont McKenna College campus.
Neither the Loma Linda Hospital nor Claremont McKenna’s phone calls were considered a credible threat, nor did any incidents know if they were related.
