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- Hawthorn Center, a state-run children's psychiatric hospital in Detroit, held an active shooter drill on December 21
- Police were not given advance warning and neither were the patients or their parents: a 32-year-old laborer at the hospital was told to play the gunman
- The worker, Brandon Woodruff, was arrested by police called to the scene, handcuffed and detained for 30 minutes: he is now suing for damages
Brandon Woodruff, 32, had been working at the site for five months when his supervisor asked him to participate in the drill four days before Christmas 2022.
But neither the police nor patients or their families were informed of the plan, and many staff were also unaware of what was going to happen.
When Woodruff - a dad of one - appeared with a fake rifle, patients panicked and dialed 911, prompting 50 cops in tactical gear to race to the scene and arrest Woodruff.