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Texas teen arrested for storming into hospital nursery, strangling two newborns & attacking staff

The man then allegedly began staring at a mother and her newborn, and later shoved nurses to the ground and tried to gain access to a nursery

Newsroom October 7 04:06

An 18-year-old man in Texas was arrested after he allegedly stormed through a hospital nursery and began strangling newborns and assaulting staff members.

Law & Crime reports that Marcus Dewayne McCowan Jr was charged on Monday with several felonies, including two counts of attempted first-degree capital murder.

The Odessa Police Department detailed the incident in a press release. According to the department, officers responded to an incident at the Odessa Regional Medical Centre in Texas after staff at the hospital reported that a man had “forced his way into the nursery and began assaulting patients and staff.”

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A local ABC affiliate, KMID, obtained an affidavit that described the alleged events at the hospital. According to the affidavit, Mr McCowan was at the hospital because his girlfriend was in labour.

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