A 31-year-old New Jersey nurse wanted for allegedly burning a hospital worker and hitting her with a wrench has been found dead from an apparent suicide, prosecutors said. Nicholas Pagano was accused of attacking a 54-year-old employee in a Hackensack University Medical Center break room around 5:15 a.m. Monday, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said. Pagano, of West Deptford, New Jersey, fled the hospital, prompting a search by authorities, prosecutors said. MORE: 1 dead in shooting at Washington state grocery store, suspect in custodyOn Tuesday morning, prosecutors said Pagano had been found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in Waterford Township, New Jersey. Nurse wanted for attacking, burning co-worker found dead from apparent suicide originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News February 09, 2022 05:26 UTC