Grand Prarie Doctor Shot By Fellow Dr.

January 3, 2001

Reporter: The Associated Press

Updated: Jan 03 at 12:19PM

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GRAND PRARIE - A Grand Prairie doctor is being treated at a hospital after he

was attacked Wednesday by a fellow physician in a clinic parking lot.

Dr. Jaimie Nivens was being treated at an Irving hospital for superficial

gunshot wounds allegedly inflected by Dr. Leon Swift during a morning attack

outside a clinic in the 700 block of Paddock Way, police said.

Police said Swift ambushed Nivens after he arrived at the building. Witnesses

told police that Swift chased the other doctor across the parking lot while

firing shots. The gun apparently jammed.

Nivens jumped into a passing garbage truck, which was fired upon by Swift. The

two men were struggling outside the clinic when police arrived.

Authorities said they are not sure what sparked the attack.

" I was informed that there had been previous threats but they were not taken

seriously or they were told he was not a danger to anyone, " said Grand Prarie

police spokesman Brimmer.

State medical records incidate that Swift had been suspended for unprofessional

conduct in August for violating a previous order that restricted his practice.

Police believe this is all tied together but are not certain how.

Swift did not practice at the Grand Prairie office where the shooting occured.

And they have not been partners since 1992.

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