New York (June 01, 2017): An ex-employee on Friday gunned down a woman and injured at least six people before committing suicide at a New York City hospital.
According to the details, a doctor opened fire with an assault rifle Friday inside the hospital, where he used to work. Police officers found the gunman, who was wearing a white lab coat and carrying ID, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 17th floor of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill said at a news briefing.
The shooter was identified as Dr. Henry Bello, who previously worked at the hospital, two law enforcement officials told the media.
The body of a woman was found close to the gunman’s body, O’Neill said. The woman’s name was not immediately released.
Six people were wounded on the 16th floor, and five of those are in serious condition from gunshot wounds, O’Neill said Friday afternoon. He said several of the wounded were doctors at the hospital and some were fighting for their lives.
The hospital’s fire alarm system went off during the siege, apparently because the shooter tried to set himself on fire, O’Neill said.
So far authorities have not offered a motive. The FBI said the shooting did not appear to be an act of terrorism. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called it an act of work-related violence.
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