Slain Chicago doctor broke off engagement with her killer weeks before deadly Mercy Hospital shooting
CHICAGO - As Tamara O'Neal's family gathered in her parents' living room in rural LaPorte County, Ind., on Tuesday, they traded stories about their love for a woman who had found her way in life as an emergency room doctor.
But there was one subject they were reluctant to talk about: Juan Lopez.
Lopez had killed O'Neal, his ex-fiancee, on Monday in a violent confrontation at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago. The shootout also claimed the lives of a police officer and a pharmacist, as well as Lopez.
As recently as October, Lopez and O'Neal were engaged, with a wedding date fast approaching. But O'Neal had broken it off just weeks before she was to exchange vows with Lopez, said her aunt, Vickie O'Neal. It was unclear exactly
