TEXARKANA, Texas - A man accused of waving an air pistol last month as he ran through a local hospital, pulling a fire alarm and knocking computers askew, had allegedly jumped from a moving car shortly before.
Donte Keshad Henderson, 24, allegedly caused Wadley Regional Medical Center hospital near downtown Texarkana to lock down with a possible active shooter after he entered through the emergency room doors the evening of April 25, according to a probable cause affidavit.
When officers entered the ER, the emergency lights and siren from the fire alarm were active and staff advised that the suspect had entered the elevator. Henderson was allegedly running out the main hospital doors when he was detained by Texarkana, Texas, police.
Henderson allegedly told police he was "running from people with firearms" and that "God had lied to him about being someone who was going to change the world."
Details about what may have triggered Henderson's alleged rampage came to light after a woman called police with information. She told officers she is a friend of Henderson's and was giving him a ride. Also in the car were her husband and 10-year-old son.
The woman reported that her husband showed Henderson a black "airsoft gun" that Henderson took from her husband. The woman said her husband then pulled out a red airsoft gun to show Henderson which led him to "freak out" and leap out of her car, with the black air pistol in his possession. The guns shoot pellets and are not genuine firearms.
The woman said she followed Henderson to the hospital and dropped off the backpack he'd left in her car at the ER entrance.
Henderson was taken to a different local hospital for evaluation of injuries he sustained jumping from the car. Hospital staff determined he did not suffer serious injuries and he was released to police and booked into the Bowie County jail.
Henderson has been charged with a felony, false alarm or report of emergency, for allegedly pulling the hospital fire alarm. If convicted, Henderson faces six months to two years in a state jail or a term of probation.
A misdemeanor charge of interference with public duties is pending against Henderson as well.
Henderson is currently being held in the Bowie County jail with bails totaling $35,000. Court records show Henderson was released from the Bowie County jail earlier the same day as his arrest for allegedly creating bedlam at the hospital. He was booked into jail April 24 on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication and released April 25 on a personal recognizance bond.