LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) -- A security guard shot and killed the father of a teenage girl giving birth at a hospital after he threatened the guard with a knife in the labor and delivery unit, authorities said.
Lumberton Police Chief Robert Grice said the shooting occurred late Thursday at Southeastern Regional Medical Center after security guard Johnny Thompson was called to break up a fight between the girl's father and boyfriend.
That's when the father, Billy Ray Oxendine, 37, threatened Thompson with a knife, police said.
Thompson, who has worked as a security guard at the hospital for several years, shot Oxendine with his .357 magnum, Grice said. He said he did not know how many times Oxendine was shot or where he was struck.
The shooting happened on the third floor of the hospital at about 11:20 p.m. No patients or visitors were hurt. Thompson has not been charged with a crime.
The names of the girl and her boyfriend were not available Friday and it was not known if she successfully delivered her baby.
Grice said the investigation was continuing.
