Indian River County - Monday March 11, 2024: An employee of Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital (CCIRH) has been arrested and accused of carrying two loaded handguns, and additional ammunition into the hospital, a felony under Florida law.
Last Thursday morning, around 11:20 a.m. 54 year old Christopher Webb was confronted at the hospital by two IRCSO deputies who were carrying out a misdemeanor arrested warrant on an unrelated misdemeanor charge of Exposure of Sexual Organs. The case turned more serious when a search of his back pack, that was on his work desk inside the hospital, turned up the weapons and ammunition.
Body camera footage released by the Sheriff on Monday shows the officers confronting Webb as he was sitting at his hallway desk outside Emergency Room #10 in the hospital. Webb agrees to step outside where he is handcuffed and seated in a patrol car.
Webb's beige colored assault-style backpack was retrieved from his desk and searched by the deputies. Inside they found two black handguns, both loaded, three full boxes of ammunition, and a magazine ammunition speed loader.
During questioning, while handcuffed and seated in the patrol car, Webb can be heard on the body camera footage denying that there was a hand gun in his backpack.
IRCSO Deputy 1: "Where is the firearm."
Webb: "There was a firearm in there, yea."
IRCSO Deputy; "Where is it at now?"
Webb: It's at home. Why?"
IRSC Deputy 2: "Do you know if there is a firearm in there or not?"
Webb: "There shouldn't be a firearm in that bag, no."
According to the arrest affidavit, Webb eventually conceded that he had "knowingly violated CCIRH's no gun police."