Anguish and anger at the very recent loss of a loved one apparently spurred on the man who would target the intensive care unit at a Pennsylvania hospital Saturday morning, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News.
One officer was killed and at least five others were shot in the hostage situation that unfolded at a hospital in York County, according to state officials.
The suspect, Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, entered UPMC Memorial in West Manchester Township with a semi-automatic handgun and zip ties at around 10:30 a.m. He then went to the ICU and took several hospital staff hostage, officials said at a press conference Saturday afternoon.
Ortiz shot a hospital doctor, nurse and custodian, all of whom are now stable, officials said. Three police officers were shot during the incident and one died.
West York Borough police officer Andrew Duarte was killed in the shooting, the borough confirmed. The other two officers were hospitalized in stable condition.
Archangel-Ortiz was upset over what he perceived was a lack of care for a family member who had just been in the hospital's ICU, the senior official said. That family member was terminal -- something Archangel-Ortiz had difficulty accepting, the official added.
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4 syllables is definitely pushing it.
Interesting though that everyone seems to be forgetting his targets were vaxxers.
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