Police shoot man being held for mental health at Florida hospital

With no space available at a mental health facility, man was shot after brandishing scissors at medical hospital

A 29-year-old man being held for his mental health in a Florida hospital was fatally shot after he grabbed a pair of scissors and threatened to stab sheriff's deputies.

The man was among a number of people being held in the hospital despite threatening to harm themselves or others because there were no beds at the local mental health facility, said the Indian River county sheriff, Eric Flowers.