Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Partner remembers Doctor's Hospital shooting victim, Leslie Harris

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM)- Keith Cavender describes his last moment with his co-worker and life-partner Leslie Harris.
"He gave me a kiss and said I love you and I told him I love you back. And those were the last words we ever had."

"He was very nurturing, very caring and very loving. He was fun and outgoing type with a bubbly personality. Even if it was a bad day, he made the staff have fun," says Cavender.
"He shot the first nurse. He said you're the one who killed my mother and he shot him. Les took off down the hall to secure the elevator, but instead of him being on the elevator, he was behind the wall and he turned and shot him in the heart," he added.

Cavendar says, Les died right in his arms.


"He not only took away someone very special to me, but a very special co-worker, a very talented co-worker," added Cavender.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS STILL FIGHTING MY WORKMANS COMP....DOCTORS, THRAPISTS, AND PYSCYATRIST SAY BE MONTHS OR YEARS BEFORE i CAN RETURN TO WORK...EVEN THOUGHT GUN TO BACK OF MY HEAD CAUSED HEMATOMA, LOST 35 LBS SO FAR, GO 2-3 DAYS WITH SLEEEPING AT A TIME......i WOULD APPRICIATE ANY SUGESTIONS AS TO HOW TO GET HELP. NOT DRAWING ANY TYPE OF PAY IS GETTING EXTREMELY HARD....HAS BEEN 4 MONTHS...TAHNKS
KEITH CAVENDER
103 CEDARCREST RD.
LAGRANGE, GA. 30240

Tom said...

Hi Keith,

My condolences for your horrible experience.

I'd like to write an article about the aftermath. I think national exposure may bring some agency forward that can help you.

Please leave me your contact information in a comment. I will be the only one who sees it (since I must approve all comments). Alternately, scroll to the bottom of the page and use the voicemail system to leave me contact information.

We can put together an article and I can get national exposure for it. Perhaps someone will see it who can offer you assistance.