A doctor with a rifle hidden under a lab coat has shot dead a female physician and seriously wounded six other doctors before trying to set himself on fire and turning the gun on himself at a Bronx hospital.

Dr Henry Bello, a family physician, opened fire at the Bronx Lebanon Hospital where he used to work at about 2.45pm on Friday.

The 45-year-old gunman was hiding a high-powered assault rifle under his white medical coat and had his ID card on him when he started the shooting spree on the 16th and 17th floors of the hospital, police sources say.

Police Commissioner James O'Neill confirmed that the shooter died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the building.

The shooter had tried to set himself on fire prior to fatally shooting himself. He staggered, bleeding, into a hallway where he collapsed and died with the rifle at his side.

The body of the female victim, believed to be a doctor, was found next to the shooter on the 17th floor. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Five of the victims were seriously injured in the shooting ramBello had been a family medicine physician at the hospital. Law enforcement officials say he was allowed to resign from the hospital in 2015 amid sexual harassment allegations. The details of the allegations were not immediately clear.

CBS New York reported that Bello was fired two years ago for harassing an employee. He reportedly went to the hospital to find the employee before opening fire on his former colleagues.

Witness Dione Morales, who has been a patient at the hospital for 17 years, told CBS New York the shooter had threatened to kill people back when he was fired.

'He was let go because I guess they figured he was unstable. He said he was going to do this,' she said. 'He said he was going to kill people, two years ago when he was let go - two years... and now look what happened.'

Details about Bello's criminal past emerged following the deadly shooting.

In unrelated cases, the doctor had been arrested in 2004 on a charge of sexual abuse after a 23-year-old woman told police Bello grabbed her, lifted her up and carried her off, saying, 'you're coming with me.' He was arrested again in 2009 on a charge of unlawful surveillance, after two different women reported he was trying to look up their skirts with a mirror.

According to New York State Education Department records, Bello had a limited permit to practice as an international medical graduate to gain experience in order to be licensed. The permit was issued on July 1, 2014, and expired last year on the same day.

A former colleague described Bello as a problematic employee.

Bello 'was very aggressive, talking loudly, threatening people. All the time he was a problem,' said Dr. David Lazala, a family medicine doctor who said he trained Bello at Bronx Lebanon.

He said Bello, who worked at night as a doctor, sent him a threatening email after Bello was fired.




'The shooter killed himself but not before doing horrible damage. Our hearts go out to the family of the doctor who passed away.

'This was a horrific situation unfolding in a place associated with care and comfort.'

Authorities described a chaotic scene at Bronx Lebanon Hospital as gunfire erupted, spreading terror throughout the hospital as employees locked themselves inside rooms and patients feared for their lives.

Shortly after receiving a 911 call about an active shooter, police officers went floor by floor, their guns drawn, looking for the gunman.

An FDNY official told the New York Times at least three of the shooting victims were doctors.

Bello may have doused himself with an accelerant like gasoline and tried to set himself on fire before shooting himself, officials said. Sprinklers extinguished the fire.

Police described the suspect in a radio transmission as a tall, thin man in a blue shirt and a white lab coat.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4655610/Active-shooter-guns-2-Bronx-hospital.html

This is the Dr. Bello after killing himself

So sad,another dent on the image of Nigerian professionals abroad.SMH

Really sad indeed. What would have pushed him to commit such an atrocity ?

well ncan should have a field day


but then its the collective image of "Nigeria" that is being destroyed


rip to the dead

the doctor had been arrested in 2004 on a charge of sexual abuse after a 23-year-old woman told police Bello grabbed her, lifted her up and carried her off, saying, 'you're coming with me.' He was arrested again in 2009 on a charge of unlawful surveillance, after two different women reported he was trying to look up their skirts with a mirror.
A former colleague described Bello as a problematic employee.

They should have known something is not right with him with this kind of offending, so sad innocent souls has to die. RIP to those innocent souls.

It will not be far from being let down by a woman.

Who even gave mankind the idea that a human being can forever be sexually faithful to another human being?

Until we realize that the animal instinct to explore verieties is in our nature, senseless things done about love and sex won't stop.

I was watching this in the news. I live just three blocks from that hospital. He is NIGERIAN??!!!
They never mentioned that in the news. They made it sound like it is a muslem terrorist.
Lalasticlala, mynd44 straight to front page.

Asasi o gboogun.Oluwa, maje ki a rin arin fesesi loruko Jesu.

AND THE IDIOT KILLED HIMSELF.....NAH EVERWHERE NIGERIANS DEY COMMIT CRIME? IF NOR BE ABOUT DRUGS/FRAUD(Igbos) NAH RAPE /MUDER(AFONJAS) SPOILING THE NAME OF OUR LOVELY COUNTRY NIGERIA

Henry Bello?, weird




Happy new month to everyone n to MzJin

My country person, but why

Bello a Yoruba Muslim.... why this people keep disgracing us so OGA bello since u have appetite and taste for blood ,why not come back home and join badoo miscreants or our skull miner brothers in this new trending business ... why now I want to migrate permanently to USA... chai yellowbar demons and their wickedness TUFIAKWA

Na wa. So the winches from his village has finally caught up with him

Chikelue2000:
Henry Bello?, weird





Happy new month to everyone n to MzJin

weird? he might be from edo state and like the above poster said his villa powers....psycho got a good opportunity and misused it


happy new month good people

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Dr Bello took what he can't carry

DR HENRY BELLO OK HE'S A SKULL MINER FROM THE SCRATCH FACE REPUBLIC

ameri9ja:
I was watching this in the news. I live just three blocks from that hospital. He is NIGERIAN??!!!
They never mentioned that in the news. They made it sound like it is a muslem terrorist.
Lalasticlala, mynd44 straight to front page.

HE MUST BE A PISSFUL GUY

Christians don't commit suicide.

The man has been identified by various names: Henry Bello,
Solomon Williams Obotetukudo,
Henry W. Obotejukudo,
Et.c. et.c.

Lexusgs430:
Really sad indeed. What would have pushed him to commit such an atrocity ?

he is a stupid man....he was after pvssy all d time...


look at all his crime record., they revolve around women...useless idiot...a pvssy man

karlz:

weird? he might be from edo state and like the above poster said his villa powers....psycho got a good opportunity and misused it


happy new month good people

will u kip kwayet there...which Edo...a full blown Yoruba man, u are there calling Edo

Fourwinds:
will u kip kwayet there...which Edo...a full blown Yoruba man, u are there calling Edo

Does your head contain bread?where in the post is it stated he is a yoruba man? or you dont know the meaning of "may"?what is the name of the deputy governor of edo state?

karlz:

Does your head contain bread?where in the post is it stated he is a yoruba man? or you dont know the meaning of "may"?what is the name of the deputy governor of edo state?

ur skull must be filled with cotton wool...was Edo mentioned in d thread so y bring "May" there?

in Nigeria which tribe bears "Bello"



what is ur business with deputy governor of Edo state

Fourwinds:
ur skull must be filled with cotton wool...was Edo mentioned in d thread so y bring "May" there?

in Nigeria which tribe bears "Bello"



what is ur business with deputy governor of Edo state

you mumu sha, only yorubas bear bello?Bello Osagie of etisalat na yoruba man abi?I've given you more than enough clues yet you choose to add cotton wool to the bread in your head.

karlz:

you mumu sha, only yorubas bear bello?Bello Osagie of etisalat na yoruba man abi?I've given you more than enough clues yet you choose to add cotton wool to the bread in your head.

who ask u for clues.? ur mumu head filled with cotton wool and saw dust knows d tribe dat bears dat name is Yoruba...as useless as ur thinking is just because d person in question committed crime u prefers to called Edo but if it was a ground breaking award u would have quickly claim d glory dat d man is a Yoruba man...u are pathetic....very pathetic


when Anthony Joshua won d last boxing competition u all claimed it...if someone had come up dat he was from Delta State since someone from there can also bear Anthony Joshua., u would come up with insult telling d person how naive he is....nonsense pooo

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Fourwinds:
who ask u for clues.? ur mumu head filled with cotton wool and saw dust knows d tribe dat bears dat name is Yoruba...as useless as ur thinking is just because d person in question committed crime u prefers to called Edo but if it was a ground breaking award u would have quickly claim d glory dat d man is a Yoruba man...u are pathetic....very pathetic


when Anthony Joshua won d last boxing competition u all claimed it...if someone had come up dat he was from Delta State since someone from there can also bear Anthony Joshua., u would come up with insult telling d person how naive he is....nonsense pooo

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These shallow minded hate filled pathetic morons be spewing trash everywhere, if he is yoruba or not does it add N1 to your account?dumbo

karlz:
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These shallow minded hate filled pathetic morons be spewing trash everywhere, if he is yoruba or not does it add N1 to your account?dumbo

u started d hate...y did u mention Edo...Did u see Edo in d original thread.? ur foolishness is hell high...yes it added #1 to my account because people like u are quick to label others but hate to be labelled....nonsense imbe..cile

Fourwinds:
u started d hate...y did u mention Edo...Did u see Edo in d original thread.? ur foolishness is hell high...yes it added #1 to my account because people like u are quick to label others but hate to be labelled....nonsense imbe..cile

saying he may be from edo going by his name is hate?did i say the edos are criminals like you trying to do yorubas? like his being yoruba makes your life any better, quit my mentions and go play with your fellow lowlifers. ode

karlz:

saying he may be from edo going by his name is hate?did i say the edos are criminals like you trying to do yorubas? like his being yoruba makes your life any better, quit my mentions and go play with your fellow lowlifers. ode

mumu fool...since he is Bello...y didn't u mention Oyo or Ogun or Osun or Ondo ...but d best place to mention is Edo rite.? and feel it is funny... ur cotton wool filled Skull won't see d hate or false accusation there.....nonsense pooo...idiot