Man shot at children’s hospital appears in court

By: Associated Press//November 19, 2013//

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A doctor is lead across the street by police officers during a lockdown evacuation outside the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 in Wauwatosa, Wis. Police officers shot and wounded a man inside Children's Hospital of Wisconsin where they had gone to arrest him on a felony warrant, according to Milwaukee County sheriff's officials. No other hospital staff, patients or others were injured, according to Sheriff David Clarke. (AP Photo/West Bend Daily News, John Ehlke) — A doctor is lead across the street by police officers during a lockdown evacuation outside the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on Thursday in Wauwatosa. (AP Photo/West Bend Daily News, John Ehlke)

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A judge has ordered the felon who was shot and wounded by police at a Milwaukee area hospital to remain in custody.

Ashanti Hendricks appeared in a Milwaukee County courtroom Tuesday handcuffed to a wheelchair and his left hand and arm bandaged. The 22-year-old Milwaukee man is charged with bail jumping, possessing a gun as a felon and resisting an officer.

Officers shot Hendricks twice in the arm last Thursday at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Police say they received a tip that Hendricks was wanted for possessing a gun as a felon and was believed to be carrying a weapon in the hospital.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Hendricks eluded officers during a chase on the hospital’s seventh floor. According to a criminal complaint, Hendricks was armed with a loaded semi-automatic weapon.

Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com

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