Omaha on hook for shooting victim's $350K hospital bill after police arrested him during treatment

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/city-on-hook-for-shooting-victim-s-k-hospital-bill/article_ed259a2d-53ce-58af-97ec-e3b7f19c85c7.html

POSTED: TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015 3:28 PM
By Roseann Moring / World-Herald staff writer

The City of Omaha is on the hook for a $350,000 bill because police arrested a shooting victim last year as he was being treated in the hospital.

City Council members said they were not happy about approving a payment to Alegent Creighton Health for the treatment of Brian Hanzlik-Stuart.

Hanzlik-Stuart was shot Oct. 10 in Omaha and taken to Creighton University Medical Center in critical condition. Police found that he had two outstanding warrants: One for failing to appear in court in Iowa on a drug charge and another for leaving work release in Nebraska.

And, Deputy City Attorney Tom Mumgaard said, police initially didn’t know what role Hanzlik-Stuart played in the shooting. So officers arrested him on the warrants.

FULL story at link.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. and that s just half the total bill