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The ex-cop accused in a shooting spree in a Grainger County pharmacy ordered his victims to get on their knees before he shot them, according to a police report. Jason Bryan Holt, 37, was charged late Thursday with murder after the shooting at the Down Home Pharmacy in Bean Station. The store's owner and pharmacist, Stephen Lovell was killed, along with a customer, Richard Alexander Sommerville, 72, of Bean Station. Two pharmacy employees were also shot. Pharmacy technician Alexia Gail Wilson, 45, of Morristown and Janet Colleen Clift were taken to UT Medical Center by Lifestar helicopter. The report gives new details about the crime. Investigators say Holt came into the store around 11:20 am and demanded prescription drugs. Lovell put a tray of drugs on the counter. Holt then ordered Lovell to lock the front door. When Lovell returned to the pharmacy counter, he ordered all four of the victims to kneel behind the counter, then shot them in the head. District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn said Wilson was the last one to be shot, and she attempted to stop Holt by rushing at him, and he shot her in the cheek. Family members say both women fought back. … Continue reading →

(WMC-TV) - Government health officials continue to investigate a Mid-South pharmacy for potentially contaminated medications in shots sent to 13 different states. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the investigation involves seven reports from patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. There have already been reports of adverse effects from the shot in North Carolina and Illinois. The injections contain methylprednisolone acetate, or MPA, which is the same drug at the center of last year's deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis. More than 55 people have died and over 740 others have been sickened after receiving contaminated injections from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. The FDA said at least one of the seven cases appears to be a fungal infection. Reports only include adverse effects meaning it is not as severe as the contamination in Massachusetts. The investigation includes help from the Centers for Disease Control, The Food and Drug Administration, and several state health departments. Main Street Family Pharmacy is a compounding pharmacy, which means it mixes custom formulations of drugs based on doctors' specifications. The Associated Press reports compounding pharmacies have long operated in a legal gray area between state … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON - Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the problems involve seven patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. Tennessee health officials said the pharmacy has agreed to recall all of its sterile products, which are generally injectable prescription drugs. Officials from the FDA and the Tennessee Department of Health have been inspecting the Newbern pharmacy since Wednesday. "The pharmacy staff and management have been co-operative," state regulators said in a news release. An employee reached at Main Street Family Pharmacy on Friday afternoon could not immediately provide comment. The injections contain methylprednisolone acetate, the same drug at the centre of last year's deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis. More than 55 people have died and over 740 others have been sickened after receiving contaminated injections from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. The steroids are typically used to treat pain. Federal authorities have identified five cases in Illinois and two more in North Carolina. The Illinois patients received injections at the Logan Primary Care clinic in the town … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the problems involve seven patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. Tennessee health officials said the pharmacy has agreed to recall all of its sterile products, which are generally injectable prescription drugs. Officials from the FDA and the Tennessee Department of Health have been inspecting the Newbern pharmacy since Wednesday. "The pharmacy staff and management have been cooperative," state regulators said in a news release. An employee reached at Main Street Family Pharmacy on Friday afternoon could not immediately provide comment. The injections contain methylprednisolone acetate, the same drug at the center of last year's deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis. More than 55 people have died and over 740 others have been sickened after receiving contaminated injections from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. The steroids are typically used to treat pain. Federal authorities have identified five cases in Illinois and two more in North Carolina. The Illinois patients received injections at the Logan Primary Care clinic in the … Continue reading →