An 18-year-old has been arrested after attacking two newborn babies, two nurses and a police officer at a Texas hospital as his girlfriend gave birth. He faces multiple charges, reported True Crime Daily.
On October 3, around 6:30 p.m., police were called to the Odessa regional hospital because a “man allegedly entered the nursery and attacked patients and medical staff”, according to an employee.
The suspect, Marcus McCowan Jr, was also said to have been aggressive towards police officers, which would have led to an altercation between them. He also allegedly tried to steal the gun from one of the officers.
Mr. McCowan was in the hospital because his girlfriend was giving birth. He reportedly went to the station where there were nurses and grabbed the arm of one of them. She would have asked him to leave, and he would have started running down the hall.
Afterwards, the suspect allegedly stared at a mother holding her newborn baby and pushed nurses into the nursery, but to no avail.
He would have snatched the newborn from the mother’s hands and taken him to the nursing room. A nurse reportedly saw him put his hands around the baby’s neck. This one was released thanks to the staff.
Then, the young man would have gone to the nursery, where he would have taken another baby and would have started to strangle and shake him. He would have told her to die.
Marcus McCowan Jr faces two counts of attempted murder and charges of possession of a controlled substance, attempting to seize a police officer’s weapon, assaulting a public official, resisting his arrest, criminal trespass and assault.