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malaise

(269,182 posts) Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:17 PM Jun 2017

The doctor who opened fire on former colleagues

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Henry-Bello-Bronx-Lebanon-Hospital-Shooting-New-York-City-Gunman-Injuries-431842373.html
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The shooter has been identified as Dr. Henry Michael Bello, a 45-year-old family medicine doctor formerly employed at the hospital, according to sources.
Bello was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 17th floor after a two-story shooting rampage that left one doctor -- a woman who has yet to be identified -- dead and others fighting for their lives.

Officials said Bello tried to set himself on fire before committing suicide.

Sources tell NBC 4 New York a preliminary investigation reveals Bello resigned from the hospital in 2015 in lieu of termination.
A New York State licensing website does not reveal any disciplinary history.
Senior law enforcement officials describe Bello as a transient recently, with at least five different addresses since he left the hospital.
Police are investigating the shooting as a case of workplace violence; authorities say there is no indication of a nexus to terror.

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The doctor who opened fire on former colleagues (Original Post) malaise Jun 2017 OP

Ouch. A good mental health program could probably have helped... haele Jun 2017 #1

If a doctor cannot get health care, what chance do regular people have? Not Ruth Jun 2017 #2

Yep that was my first impression malaise Jun 2017 #3

Was he diagnosed as mentally ill? sarisataka Jul 2017 #10

I'm guessing substance abuse underpants Jun 2017 #5

Or he was unemployable due to his leaving dembotoz Jun 2017 #4

We'll soon find out malaise Jun 2017 #6

Nah he was a pussy grabbing sexual predator malaise Jul 2017 #7

Dude has a history of harassing/assaulting women. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #8

See #7 malaise Jul 2017 #9

And herein lies the problem MagickMuffin Jul 2017 #11

haele

(12,679 posts)

1. Ouch. A good mental health program could probably have helped...

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:20 PM

Jun 2017

However, it's really very difficult to get some people to admit they have a problem and seek help. And of course, it's very difficult to commit people before they go off the deep end.

Sad all around.

Haele

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)

2. If a doctor cannot get health care, what chance do regular people have?

Reply to haele (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:22 PM

Jun 2017

malaise

(269,182 posts)

3. Yep that was my first impression

Reply to haele (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:22 PM

Jun 2017

Mental illness and two years of rage

What angers me is that he was able to get an M16 and slaughter people.

sarisataka

(18,774 posts)

10. Was he diagnosed as mentally ill?

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 1, 2017, 01:29 PM

Jul 2017

That should have prohibited him from buying a gun if he was deemed a danger.

Also according to the article he did have an arrest record. To purchase any gun as a NYC resident he would have needed a purchase permit, ownership license and registered his rifle with the state and city. All of those require the applicant to be "of good moral character". It seems his record should have been noticed somewhere in all of that.

Also if I understand NY law correctly, the rifle would have been legal to own (after registering) in the state but not in NYC which has stricter laws.

underpants

(182,884 posts)

5. I'm guessing substance abuse

Reply to haele (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:07 PM

Jun 2017

Priabaly alcohol. Or anger.

dembotoz

(16,839 posts)

4. Or he was unemployable due to his leaving

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:24 PM

Jun 2017

Doctors have bills and with no income?

malaise

(269,182 posts)

6. We'll soon find out

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:09 PM

Jun 2017

Sad for all involved

malaise

(269,182 posts)

7. Nah he was a pussy grabbing sexual predator

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 1, 2017, 12:54 PM

Jul 2017

Only worked there for six months

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/nyregion/bronx-hospital-shooting.html

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,443 posts)

8. Dude has a history of harassing/assaulting women.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jul 1, 2017, 01:03 PM

Jul 2017

Unsurprisingly.

malaise

(269,182 posts)

9. See #7

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #8)

Sat Jul 1, 2017, 01:12 PM

Jul 2017

Sick fugg

MagickMuffin

(15,953 posts)

11. And herein lies the problem

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jul 1, 2017, 02:29 PM

Jul 2017

In 2004, Dr. Bello was arrested and charged with sex abuse and unlawful imprisonment after a 23-year-old woman told officers he had grabbed her crotch area outside a building on Bleecker Street in Manhattan and tried to penetrate her through her underwear, a law enforcement official said. The woman told officers that Dr. Bello had lifted her up in the air and dragged her while saying, “You’re coming with me.”

{{{Court records indicate that Dr. Bello pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to community service. ***The felony sexual abuse charge was dismissed***.}}}

The people in charge of protecting us really don't want to protect us. Otherwise they would NOT have brushed off the more serious crime involving a felony against another human being which also just happens to be a woman. SMH

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