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New York hospital: Ex-employee opens fire in Bronx | New York hospital: Ex-employee opens fire in Bronx |
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A gunman has opened fire with an assault rifle inside a hospital in the Bronx borough of New York, killing one doctor and injuring six other people, five of them seriously. | |
The gunman, a former doctor at the hospital, killed himself in the attack. | |
The shooting began at about 14:55 local time (18:55 GMT) at the 1,000-bed Bronx-Lebanon Hospital. | |
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the shooting was not an act of terrorism, but rather workplace-related. | |
He said the attack had been a "horrific situation in the middle of a place that people associate with care and comfort". | |
Police Commissioner James O'Neill said the attack began on the 16th floor and all the victims were shot on the 16th and 17th floors. | |
The gunman has not been officially named but police sources told US media he was Henry Bello, 45, a former family-medicine doctor at the hospital. Sources quoted by NBC said he had resigned in 2015 in lieu of termination. | |
Mr O'Neill said the gunman had tried to set himself on fire and died of a self-inflicted wound. | |
Messages on social media spoke of doctors and nurses barricading themselves inside the building in the Mount Hope district. | Messages on social media spoke of doctors and nurses barricading themselves inside the building in the Mount Hope district. |
One patient in the radiology department, Felix Puno, tweeted: "Building is in complete shut down, I was in the middle of getting an X-ray when security alerted us to the active shooter situation." | One patient in the radiology department, Felix Puno, tweeted: "Building is in complete shut down, I was in the middle of getting an X-ray when security alerted us to the active shooter situation." |
Garry Trimble, whose fiancee works at the hospital, said security was not good enough. | Garry Trimble, whose fiancee works at the hospital, said security was not good enough. |
He said: "I can walk through the back door with an employee. If the employee opens the door, I can walk in. I think every hospital should have one police officer at each entrance. They only ever do something when something happens." | He said: "I can walk through the back door with an employee. If the employee opens the door, I can walk in. I think every hospital should have one police officer at each entrance. They only ever do something when something happens." |
Bronx-Lebanon is a private, not-for-profit hospital that has been operating for 120 years. | Bronx-Lebanon is a private, not-for-profit hospital that has been operating for 120 years. |
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