A 43-year-old man was shot in the leg by a police officer at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada, in the Azores. The incident occurred after the man threatened an officer with a stone, causing panic in the hospital facilities.
The man was hit in the leg during the police intervention. Authorities were called to the scene to contain the situation, which caused alarm among health professionals and patients present at the hospital.
The case occurred at the Ponta Delgada hospital unit, the main city on the island of São Miguel, in the Azores. The exact circumstances that led to the stone threat have not yet been fully clarified, but the situation was brought under control after police intervention.
