Michigan to pay $13M after unannounced shooter drill at child psych hospital
An unannounced active shooter drill traumatized patients and staff at Michigan’s Hawthorn Center, according to a lawsuit that led to a settlement agreement.
Michigan ordered to pay $13m after active shooter drill traumatizes patients at psychiatric hospital for kids
The incident in December 2022 at the Hawthorn Center set off a frenzy, with children and their carers scrambling for cover,calling 911 and texting loved ones
Terror at the Hawthorn Center: Michigan Pays $13 Million for ‘Realistic’ Active Shooter Drill That Traumatized Children and Staff
In a shocking incident at the Hawthorn Center, a state-run children’s psychiatric hospital in Northville Township, Michigan, an unannounced active shooter drill left children and staff in terror, believing their lives were at risk.
Traumatised victims share in $13m compensation as no one told them ‘gunmen’ at children’s hospital were carrying out drill
The state of Michigan has paid out $13m (€12m) in compensation over a “horrifying” active shooter drill at a children’s psychiatric hospital that staff and patients thought was real. Terrified employees at Detroit’s state-run Hawthorn Centre attempted to hide under desks and barricade doors after an intercom announcement that two armed men had
State Ordered to Pay Millions to Children at Psychiatric Hospital for Traumatizing Them with Unannounced Active Shooter Drill
Police, dispatch, paramedics, patients and most employees were also not notified about the drill, so they thought the drill was real.
Michigan paying $13M over psychiatric center's unannounced active shooter drill and more top stories
Patients and staff who were subjected to an unannounced active shooter drill at the Hawthorn Center in Northville Township in December 2022 but didn't know it was a drill will receive thousands of dollars in a settlement.
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