A security guard at Endeavor Evanston Hospital was shot and injured Thursday night after the gun of a patient inside the emergency room went off, leading to a brief lockdown and a suspect in custody, a news release from the Evanston Police Department said.

The incident began at approximately 7:26 p.m., the Crisis Alternative Response Evanston Team came in contact with a 28-year-old man near Taco Bell in the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue who appeared to be suffering from an unknown mental health condition, police said.

The man, an Evanston resident, agreed to be evaluated by paramedics before being voluntarily transported to Evanston Hospital and brought into the emergency room around 7:35 p.m., police said.

While nurses were assisting with the intake process, the man became agitated, p

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