Meet The Nigerian Doctor Who Invaded A New York Hospital On A Shooting Spree
Friday was a day of shock and fear for the medical personnel and patients of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, New York, as Nigerian-born Dr. Henry Bello went on a shooting spree, killing a doctor and injuring six others.
Bello, who once worked at the hospital, was in a medical robe when he went berserk on the 16th and 17th floors of the hospital.
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The deceased was fired after only six months because of allegation of sexual harassment levelled against him.
A doctor at the hospital, Maureen Kwankam, told New York Daily News that he promised to return and “kill” everyone when he was “fired” in 2015.
“We fired him because he was kind of crazy. He promised to come back and kill us then,” said Kwankam.
Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, described the attack as a “horrific situation in the middle of a place that people associate with care and comfort”.
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He said it was not terrorism-related.
“We’ve had a real tragedy here in the Bronx this afternoon. It’s something we’ve seen around the country, and now we’ve experienced it here.”
The doctor killed in the attack was a woman, according to de Blasio, who also said that several of the injured are “fighting for their lives”.
Bello was a graduate of Ross University School of Medicine on the Caribbean island of Dominica.
According to the New York Times, he was arrested in August 2004 after a 23-year-old woman accused him of sexual harassment.
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He was subsequently charged with sex abuse and unlawful imprisonment.
Bello was said to have pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment in the second degree and was sentenced to community service.
The sexual abuse charge was reportedly dismissed.
