Mercer man arrested after lockdown at Liberty Health Care

Police have charged a Mercer, Pennsylvania man accused of causing a lockdown at a Liberty Township medical facility.
Officials at Liberty Health Care on Churchill Hubbard Road told police they implemented Active Shooter Protocol on Thursday after allegedly receiving phone threats from 68-year-old Thomas Murphy.
According to the police, Murphy wanted to see a relative at the rehabilitation facility and made a phone call threatening, “If you don’t let me get her, you’re going to be sorry”.
Facility administrators told police that concerns over Murphy possibly showing up prompted them to go into lockdown under the Active Shooter Protocol.
The police report says Murphy arrived Thursday afternoon, pounding on doors, eventually pushing his way past a staff member.
Police say when they arrived and found Murphy speaking incoherently, they placed him under arrest.
He was carrying a crack pipe and suboxone strip, according to police.
Murphy was booked into the county jail on charges of inducing panic, menacing, criminal trespass, and possession f drug paraphernalia.