Michael Carl Nobles (left) killed himself in a Houston hospital shortly after his wife, Kendra (right), gave birth.
The Texas man who shot himself to death in his wife's hospital room shortly after she gave birth to their child Sunday afternoon has been identified.
Harris County Medical Examiner confirmed the man's identify as Michael Carl Nobles of Cypress, local media reports.
KHOU Nobles, who shot himself at Willowbrook Methodist Hospital in Northwest Houston about 5 p.m. Sunday, he was flown to another Houston hospital, where he was pronounced dead 3 a.m. the next day.
"Family members told our investigators that he had been recently distraught," Houston police spokesman John Cannon told the Daily News.
Even though Nobles, 32, shot himself with a .380 pistol at Houston Methodist Willowbrook in Northwest Houston about 5 p.m., he was flown to another Houston hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. the next day.
KHOU Houston police investigate after Michael Carl Nobles of Cypress, Texas, shot and killed himself in his wife’s room at Willowbrook Methodist Hospital shortly after she gave birth.
"We are a level one trauma center," Memorial Hermann Hospital spokeswoman Alex Rodriguez told the Daily News, "so depending on the acuity of a patient that will determine where a patient goes"
Willowbrook Methodist Hospital in Houston. Texas law permits licensed gun owners to conceal firearms, although hospitals are designated gun-free zones.
His wife, Kendra, and his baby were not injured, Cannon confirmed.
Even though Texas law permits licensed gun owners to conceal firearms, hospitals are designated gun-free zones. The recent breach left some hospital visitors feeling uneasy and frightened.
"They should probably have more security, you know. If they're going to let people in the institution like that," visitor Gustavo Manrique told local station KHOU.
"They probably need to have cops or something like that around if somebody has a gun or metal detectors or something."
The Houston Chronicle reported that the police's homicide unit is still actively investigating the suicide.
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