Friday 30 June 2017

Gunman Henry Bello guns down six staffers at New York Bronx-Lebanon Hospital


A female doctor was confirmed dead while at least five other hospital staffers were wounded after a gunman identified as doctor Henry Michael Bello, a former employee at the hospital, stormed Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center on Friday, gunning down at least the six staffers before taking his own life, a senior law enforcement officials revealed. 45-year-old Henry Bello was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 17th floor after a two-story shooting rampage that left one victim, believed to be a female doctor, according to a senior law enforcement official, dead and five others wounded. The injured are also believed to be hospital staffers, senior law enforcement officials say. 



JUST IN: At least 3 people shot at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital by a gunman, law enforcement sources say. https://t.co/SgGzAZGqq9 pic.twitter.com/4eMyM0Gb5b — ABC News (@ABC) 30 June 2017 Sources told NBC 4 New York that a preliminary investigation revealed Bello resigned from the hospital in 2015 in lieu of termination. A New York State licensing website does not reveal any disciplinary history. Police are investigating the shooting as a case of workplace violence and former NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said it does not appear to be terror-related.

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