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By Troy Gillard (rdnewsNOW)

Red Deer

Doctor killed in attack at north Red Deer medical clinic

Aug 10, 2020 | 3:22 PM

WARNING: This story contains graphic details.

One person is dead following an assault this morning at a medical clinic in north Red Deer.

The assault with a weapon occurred at the Village Mall Walk-In Clinic just before noon.

RCMP said in a media release that they had one male is in custody and they were not looking for anyone else in relation to the attack. They said there is no further threat to the public.

The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is now investigating. Village Mall Walk-In Clinic remains closed at this time.

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A witness says the victim of the attack was her family’s physician. rdnewsNOW is not sharing the doctor’s name at this time.

Anina Mullin says she was in the lobby of the clinic with her 13-year-old daughter shortly after 11:00 a.m., waiting to be checked-in when the assault took place.

“We heard banging and then, ‘Help Me! Help Me! Call 911! Call 911!’” Mullin describes. “That was the doctor, screaming, yelling. One of the receptionists ran to the door. It was at the far end of the walk in clinic and she came running back like she had seen a ghost, and was like, ‘Can someone help him?’”

Mullin says two larger men nearby sprang into action to assist, but came back quickly telling everyone to get out.

“So I grabbed my teenage daughter’s hand and we just ran as fast as we could out the doors. Once we got outside, we got into the truck and waited, and she’s like, ‘Mom can we go?’, and I said no, I’m too shaken, I can’t.”

Mullin says the two larger men who had originally gone to help the doctor were standing at the clinic door, holding it shut until police arrived.

“When police arrived, the one police officer went to the door and opened the door and had his gun drawn and he yelled, ‘Put it down, put it down or I will shoot you!’” recalls Mullin. “At that time, a hammer flew at the police officer and bashed into the door and then flew outside. It was drenched in blood what you could see, like you couldn’t see any metal on it, it was just covered in blood.”

According to Mullin, the officer then ordered the suspect to ‘put down the machete’ and then went inside the clinic where he was quickly joined by other officers who brought out the suspect in handcuffs soon afterwards.

“He was wearing a hooded sweater with his hood up,” says Mullin. “He had blood all around the rim of his sleeves and large clothes. From there, the ambulances came and they all rushed in with medical bags and a stretcher and before the doctor, they also brought out the other patients I assume were in the other waiting rooms along with two other doctors and a bunch of nurses.”

After that, Mullin says the doctor was brought out on a stretcher.

“I’ve never seen anything quite as horrific as that. Just watching the doctors that were there and the other nurses, it was just unbelievable, just awful.”

Mullin describes her physician as an amazing doctor.

“It’s definitely affected my daughter, it’s hard to get out of your mind,” admits Mullin. “I don’t know if I could ever go back into that clinic. It’s awful.”