MattFancy Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-shooting-hopkins-20100916,0,1885569.story Baltimore police were swarming John Hopkins Hospital, where there were reports a person has been shot and that a man has taken a hostage on the eighth floor of one of the buildings, according to authorities and correspondence over the police radio. Hopkins sounded an emergency alert about 11:15 a.m. at Nelson 8, a thoracic center on its sprawling East Baltimore campus. Police have shut down numerous roads in the area of Broadway, East Monument and North Wolf streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 This is terrible. There are critically ill patients in that hospital who require constant care, and this jack*** has taken it upon himself to cause this situation. I certainly hope those patients are still received the care they need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Latest is that the suspect has been apprehended. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjHS8S3jIndU2oI6WHB_KqB-pvwAD9I942AO0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Glad they caught him. Apparently it was a doctor that was shot. No idea if he is ok or not. People just make me sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 This is terrible. There are critically ill patients in that hospital who require constant care, and this jack*** has taken it upon himself to cause this situation. I certainly hope those patients are still received the care they need. Even worse. A doctor has been killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Oh gracious. Between this and the Discovery Building in Silver Spring, it must be open season on Marylanders. I pray this ends soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 suspect hasn't been caught. Dr. who was shot is critical in surgery from what i hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Okay, some incorrect information is in this thread. As of 1 this afternoon, the shooter has NOT been apprehended, but has been "contained" as tactical operations continue in a small part of the hospital. A doctor was shot but he was NOT killed. He was originally listed in critical condition but that has been down-graded to non-life threatening injuries and is undergoing surgery. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/16/maryland.hospital.shooting/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 According to the Baltimore Sun, the suspect was unhappy with the treatment his mother was receiving at the hospital and shot the doctor. Apparently now the suspect is contemplating jumping out a window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Police killed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Correction, he killed himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 OT: there was an armed robbery right off of umd campus 30 mins ago is up with today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Hasnt there been a number of them at UMD recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINS@THEGOALLINE Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Correction, he killed himself And a relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stugein Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 per NY Daily news: A gunman shot a doctor at the world-famous Johns Hopkins medical complex in Baltimore Thursday morning and barricaded himself in his mother's hospital room. A SWAT team was readying to take the suspect down when he killed himself and his mom, cops said. The doctor, whose name was not released, was in critical condition with a bullet in the chest, but expected to live, police said. "He's in surgery as we speak, but he's going to be okay. He's in the best place he could ever be - at Johns Hopkins hospital," said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. A nurse who saw the gunman said he was upset about the medical treatment his mother was getting. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/09/16/2010-09-16_doctor_shot_at_john_hopkins_hospital_gunman_reportedly_holed_up_in_a_room_balitm.html#ixzz0ziZUdUNo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 So, this guy, is upset at the care his mother received at JHU. So he shoots a doctor. Then kills his mother, then himself?! WTF. F this guy. Rot in hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Hasnt there been a number of them at UMD recently? yeah, but its usually at night and not so close to campus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 So his solution to alleviating his mother's medical issues is to get rid of them altogether by killing her? Brilliant. :doh: Crazy people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haithman Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 This mother****er killed his mom? What the **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 How much you wanna bet that this guy turns out to have a history of mental illness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 How much you wanna bet that this guy turns out to have a history of mental illness? Maybe he was just a jerk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 So his mom's not getting the quality of treatment he thinks she deserves at one of the (if not the) best hospitals in the world, and the solution is to shoot a doctor and kill her? I don't expect logic from obvious lunatics like this, but that is perhaps some of the most ass-backward logic I've ever seen. I hope the doctor lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Holy crap, my heart dropped when I saw this story because my aunt is a physician there and I wasn't able to get ahold of her right after I saw it break on the news. This makes me mad, it was just a matter of time before this happened there. There is very little security when you walk into the hospital and I've thought something like this, or worse was going to happen there for years. I worked in the Nelson building as an assistant researcher in college and I didn't feel safe then. Yeah, you need a key card to get into the offices but if you are allowed in the offices, you can pretty much bring anything you want with you because you can just waltz into the main part fairly unchecked. The hospital is in a horrible part of town and is potentially a major target, I never understood why there wasn't more of a security screening process for people coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 According to the Baltimore Sun, the suspect was unhappy with the treatment his mother was receiving at the hospital and shot the doctor and his mother He disapproved of the medical treatment she was receiving, but he approved of her being shot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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