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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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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". | He said the attack had been a "horrific situation in the middle of a place that people associate with care and comfort". |
| Several of the injured are "fighting for their lives," he added. | |
| Police said the suspect was wearing a white medical coat when found. An assault rifle was also discovered nearby, which a local politician separately said appeared to be a military-grade M16 rifle. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 fiancée 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. |
| Shootings at hospitals are not common, but there have been several such instances in recent years. | |
| In 2015, a man entered a Boston hospital and asked for a cardiologist by name, shooting him dead when he arrived. During the investigation, it emerged that the man's mother had previously been a patient at the hospital. | |
| In July 2016, another man opened fire in a patient's room at a Florida medical centre, killing an elderly woman and a hospital worker. The suspect was later deemed to suffer from mental health issues, casting doubt over his competency to stand trial. | |
| In July last year, a patient at a Berlin hospital shot a doctor before turning the gun on himself. The city had also seen a shooting outside another hospital earlier in the year, in which no-one was killed. | |
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