Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga.A man was arrested Sunday after a shooting on the top floor of the parking deck at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga., police said.
Andrew Desimone, 24, was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm after Kevin Brafford, 27, was shot. Brafford is in stable condition in intensive care at the hospital, Dalton Police spokesman Bruce Frazier said.
Frazier said Desimone, a patient at the hospital, left his room about 5 a.m. today without being released. Hamilton Medical Center public safety officers began looking for him, Frazier said.
Brafford was visiting a relative who was a patient and went to the parking deck apparently to smoke a cigarette. Police believe Brafford asked Desimone if he had a lighter, and Desimone pulled a gun out of his car, shot Brafford in the abdomen and drove home, Frazier said.
Brafford collapsed in a stairwell, where he was found by the hospital public safety officers who were looking for Desimone, Frazier said.