On Nov. 26, 2013, Mr. Templeton fatally stabbed two people at what was then Good Shepherd Medical Center’s ASC in Longview, Texas, where he had taken his mother for surgery. Gail Sandidge, a nurse, and Harris K. Teel, whose son was undergoing a procedure there, were killed.
A nurse and two visitors were injured in the attack. Mr. Templeton received two concurrent 20-year sentences for assaulting nurse Karen Bobo and visitor Teresa Allison, plus a separate 20-year term for aggravated assault on visitor Melissa Sims.
Mr. Templeton must serve 50 years of his sentences before becoming eligible for parole.
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