Crazed Woman Stabs Kansas City Paramedic to Death in Ambulance

A crazed patient hacked a Kansas City paramedic to death inside his ambluence while he was taking her to the hospital — and she had just been released on bail for allegedly biting a cop days earlier, according to authorities.

Graham Hoffman, a 29-year-old paramedic and firefighter with the Kansas City Fire Department (KCFD), died Sunday while responding to a welfare check for a woman found wandering along a highway and bleeding heavily from her hand around 1 a.m.

The woman, 39-year-old Shanetta Boswell, initially refused help from Hoffman and police, but then changed her mind and agreed to be taken to the hospital for treatment {snip}

Missouri firefighter paramedic dead after being stabbed in ambulance by patient: ‘Unfathomable crime’ https://t.co/2SruVWTLoC pic.twitter.com/ysMgvUKpwV

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But on the way there, she allegedly attack paramedics. {snip}

{snip} Authorities said Boswell attempted to fight police and drive off with the ambulance – biting an officer on the arm as he drew his weapon {snip}

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Just days before the attack she had been let go for another alleged assault on a public servant {snip}

In that incident, Boswell allegedly sank her teeth into a police officer who was attempting to arrest her on April 23 {snip}

She was charged with second-degree assault and resisting arrest – but posted her $10,000 bond and was released {snip}

Earlier, on March 31 she had another run-in with police after rear-ending a car and fleeing the scene, resulting in a citation.

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