Deputies: Man asks for joint then flashes gun in doctor's office

An armed man walked into a doctor’s office Monday and flashed a gun, according to Anderson County deputies.The incident occurred at about 2 p.m at AnMed Health Pendleton Family Medicine on Meehan Way.Deputies said Randy Beatty walked into the office in an agitated manner, asked a woman for a joint, and said his head hurt. They said Beatty then pulled up his shirt and showed a pistol in his waistband and threatened to kill himself and others.According to deputies, Beatty started throwing magazines and eventually ran out of the doctor’s office.He was arrested a short time later, but police did not locate a gun.Beatty told deputies he had thrown the gun in a lank or pond, none of which were nearby, deputies said. He later told them he gave the gun to another person.Beatty is charged with two counts of presenting a firearm.No one was injured in the incident.

An armed man walked into a doctor’s office Monday and flashed a gun, according to Anderson County deputies.

The incident occurred at about 2 p.m at AnMed Health Pendleton Family Medicine on Meehan Way.


Deputies said Randy Beatty walked into the office in an agitated manner, asked a woman for a joint, and said his head hurt. They said Beatty then pulled up his shirt and showed a pistol in his waistband and threatened to kill himself and others.

According to deputies, Beatty started throwing magazines and eventually ran out of the doctor’s office.

He was arrested a short time later, but police did not locate a gun.

Beatty told deputies he had thrown the gun in a lank or pond, none of which were nearby, deputies said. He later told them he gave the gun to another person.

Beatty is charged with two counts of presenting a firearm.

No one was injured in the incident.