Gunman kills 1, wounds 1, takes own life at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
A gunman opened fire at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center today, killing one worker, gravely wounding another and then taking his own life as frightened onlookers watched outside the emergency room.
The shooting occurred just before noon at the Atlantic Avenue hospital, which was immediately sealed off by police.
A source told The Times that the gunman first shot a pharmacy manager several times in the head and then ran through the hospital wielding at least two guns, searching for a second man. He eventually caught up with that man and shot him multiple times, the source said.
Laura Harris, 64, said she was driving in front of the emergency room when the gunman walked in front of her car toward the pharmacy across the street.
Harris said that she slowed down and that as he crossed the street, he pulled out a gun and approached a man standing near the pharmacy. She said the gunman shot the victim "in the leg, he fell, and [the gunman] stood over him and shot him again."
Harris said he then put the gun under his chin. "I don't know if he tried to shoot or if he was making up his mind," she said. But then, she said, he moved the gun away from his chin and began pacing, as if frustrated.
The shooting occurred just before noon at the Atlantic Avenue hospital, which was immediately sealed off by police.
A source told The Times that the gunman first shot a pharmacy manager several times in the head and then ran through the hospital wielding at least two guns, searching for a second man. He eventually caught up with that man and shot him multiple times, the source said.
Laura Harris, 64, said she was driving in front of the emergency room when the gunman walked in front of her car toward the pharmacy across the street.
Harris said that she slowed down and that as he crossed the street, he pulled out a gun and approached a man standing near the pharmacy. She said the gunman shot the victim "in the leg, he fell, and [the gunman] stood over him and shot him again."
Harris said he then put the gun under his chin. "I don't know if he tried to shoot or if he was making up his mind," she said. But then, she said, he moved the gun away from his chin and began pacing, as if frustrated.
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