March 03, 2010
Patient accused of shooting Conn. nurse recovering
The Associated PressPolice in Connecticut say an elderly heart patient remains hospitalized under guard, charged with shooting a nurse who tried to wrest his gun away.
Danbury police say 35-year-old nursing supervisor Andy Hull, of Bethel, was shot three times during a struggle Tuesday with 85-year-old Stanley Lupienski in Danbury Hospital's cardiac unit.
Hull remains hospitalized with injuries described as serious, but not life-threatening.
Lupienski is being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg, which police say he sustained during the struggle. He's charged with first-degree assault and carrying a revolver without a permit.
A Danbury police captain says they are investigating whether Lupienski "may have had some psychiatric issues."