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A Shooting in a New York City Hospital

A former doctor shot and killed one person and wounded six others at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center.
Source: Julio Cortez / AP

Updated on June 30 at 11:52 p.m. ET

A former doctor wearing a white lab coat pulled an assault rifle out at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring six others. New York police said the hospital’s fire alarm activated after the suspect

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