SCOTTSDALE, AZ — One person is injured and one is in custody after a shooting at a Scottsdale hospital Sunday afternoon.
Officials say the incident happened at the Honor Health Shea location, near Loop 101 and Shea Boulevard.
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Officials say the incident occurred in the emergency room when a potential patient, identified as Maximillian B.D. Yanofsky, got into a confrontation with a security guard and shot him in the upper body.
The security was treated for his injuries and remains in the hospital recovering.
During an investigation, it was learned a family member took Yanofsky to the hospital for treatment of an unknown injury/illness.
Inside the emergency room, there was a fight with Yanofsky and that was when the shooting happened. Hospital security and staff helped to subdue and disarm him.
Scottsdale PD says only one round was fired and the incident was not an active shooting situation.
Yanofsky was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on the following felony charges: aggravated assault - serious physical injury, aggravated assault - deadly weapon, endangerment, disorderly conduct with a weapon and discharge of a firearm in city limits.
