Doctor and suspect dead in Bronx hospital shooting: Police
By Reuters
01 July 2017 |
7:23 am
A doctor and the man accused of shooting him are both dead and six wounded after a former employee opened fire at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in New York City, according to police.
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