Report blasts St. Cloud hospital in deputy's death

For days before he killed the deputy, Danny Hammond was raving, hallucinating and threatening to kill himself, his family and any men who walked into his hospital room.

Not once during his 72-hour psychiatric hold at St. Cloud Hospital did Danny Hammond see a psychiatrist or the inside of the psychiatric ward.

Before his psychiatric hold was up, Hammond wrestled a gun away from Aitkin County Deputy Steve Sandberg, killing the veteran investigator who was standing guard over him at the hospital’s request. Hammond died shortly after being tasered by officers responding to the Oct. 18 attack.

http://www.startribune.com/report-blasts-hospital-in-officer-s-death/344260452/