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A man is dead after shooting himself in the head at South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City on Tuesday, according to police.
Hospital staff called 911 around 11:54 a.m. to report that an adult white man had walked into the emergency room and brandished a firearm before shooting himself, the Plant City Police Department said in a news release Tuesday afternoon. No one else was injured.
The man was taken to a room for treatment, but he died, according to the release.
Police did not name the man. The agency said additional information is being withheld pending notification of his next of kin.
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