WINONA, Minn. — A patient at the Winona hospital ‘sintensive-care unit left a trail of destruction — with damage estimated at $50,000 — and stormed down a stairwell into the street. This was about 5:20 a.m. There were no injuries. Damage would have been worse had not a hospital security officer wrestled a fire extinguisher from the man as he attempted to foam up the ICU unit. The man continued his rampage on his way out, knocking over every ICU computer monitor. A heart-beat monitor was also smashed. Police found the man outside and took him into custody. He was Kyle Thomas Abraham Snyder, age 38. Snyder was known well to police as a troubled member of the Winona homeless community. Police had been dealing with him almost daily, mostly for alcohol-related incidents. Snyder had been hospitalized at the recommendation of social workers who declared he was unable to care for himself. Over the past few days he had walked out five times. Each time he was located quickly and returned. Snyder also was disruptive in the emergency room four days earlier, police said. He threatened to grab a doctor and throw her out the window. He begged her to call police so he could grab an officer’s gun and kill her.
Snyder. Charged with violent threats, felony damage to property.