1 killed, 6 injured in shooting rampage at Bronx hospital
By Brian Seay
Dr. Henry Bello was a former employee at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital. (Photo: Facebook)
One person was killed and six others injured Friday afternoon when a disgruntled doctor went on a shooting rampage at a hospital in the Bronx, before killing himself.
Authorities say Henry Bello, 45, had previously worked at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center for six months, according to the New York Times.
“He’s shooting! He’s shooting!” yelled one woman as the carnage began around 2:50 p.m. on the 16th and 17th floors of the 972-bed hospital.
Investigators think Bello snuck the AR-15 he used under his lab coat. A female doctor was killed. Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill said five others were “fighting for their lives.” The sixth person injured suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.
The mayhem ended when Bello set himself on fire, ran through a hallway, and shot himself in the head.
“The situation unfolded in the middle of a place that people associate with care and comfort,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio, adding that Bello acted alone in what appeared to be a workplace dispute.
Officials say Bello resigned from the hospital amid sexual harassment allegations. That wasn’t the first time he’d faced such accusations. In 2004, he was arrested and
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