End of Watch: Officer killed after a gunman took hostages at a Pennsylvania hospital
A man armed with a pistol and carrying zip ties entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit Saturday and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead, authorities said.
West York, Pennsylvania is about a 100 mile drive west of Philadelphia, or about a 50 mile drive north of Baltimore, Maryland.
Duarte was a law enforcement veteran who joined the department in 2022 after five years with the Denver Police Department.
While the police officer and the gunman are dead, 5 people were injured. One hospital doctor, a nurse and a custodian, were shot. All of whom are now stable. Two other police officers were also injured in the shooting. They are also stable.
I don't know this for a fact, but my guess is that hospitals in Pennsylvania are "Gun Free Zones." Of course the signs by the entrance didn't stop the bad guy from bringing a loaded firearm into the ICU. It just made sure that everyone everywhere was a defenseless victim before the cops showed up.
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