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Four dead, including rookie police officer and a pharmacist, after spurned groom, Juan Lopez, ‘shot his ER doctor ex-fiance six times in Chicago hospital parking lot and then continued shooting inside’ – All victims identified

Posted on November 20, 2018 by konniemoments in Crime, Domestic Violence, Gun Violence, Homicide // 1 Comment

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Four dead, including 28-year-old police officer, after gunman ‘shot his ER doctor ex-fiance SIX TIMES in Chicago hospital parking lot and then continued shooting inside’
Dr Tamara O’Neal, 32, was killed when Juan Lopez confronted her at Mercy Hospital The shooter identified as
Officer Samuel Jimenez, 28, was also killed in the horrific shooting on Monday  
Lopez, 32,  shot O’Neal three times in hospital’s parking lot before she fell to ground, he then stood over her and fired three more times before going into the hospital
Lopez then fatally shot a female pharmacy resident Dayna Less, 24, as she was getting off an elevator
Jimenez, a father-of-three, had just finished his probationary period at the Chicago PD
O’Neal and Lopez were to wed on October 27 but she called it off in September
Lopez a divorced father-of-one  worked for the Chicago Housing Authority, as an associate program specialist
Currently enrolled as a graduate student at his alma mata,  DePaul University, he was married in 2008 but was divorced by 2015 after his ex-wife accused him of physical abuse
Chicago Fire Dept say Lopez  was “accused of aggressive and improper conduct toward females at the academy,” during a brief stint with the Dept, before he “ was disciplined and terminated”
Juan Lopez 132-year-old Chicago Housing Authority Employee Juan Lopez [photo], has been identified as the shooter who gunned down his ex-fiancee and killed two other people, including a police officer, at Mercy Hospital in Chicago on Monday 

Four people are dead, including an ER doctor and a police officer, after a gunman killed his ex-fiancee and two others at Mercy Hospital in Chicago on Monday.
The 32-year-old gunman, identified by sources as Juan Lopez, and his ex-fiancee Dr Tamara O’Neal are among the dead.
Chicago police officer Samuel Jimenez, 28, was also killed in the shooting. Jimenez, a married father-of-three, had only just completed his probationary period.
Inside the building, Lopez fatally shot a female pharmacy resident Dayna Less as she was getting off an elevator. 24-year-old Less is a graduate of Purdue University, hospital staff said.
O’Neal, an ER doctor at the hospital, was reporting for work when she was confronted by Lopez just before 3.30pm.
Sources say Lopez was fatally shot by a SWAT team officer at the scene, but the manner of his death has not been confirmed.

Tamara O''Neal 1.pngIntended Victim: Dr Tamara O’Neal, an ER doctor, was killed by Lopez on her way to work at Mercy Hospital. She was previously affianced to the shooter, but called off the wedding in Sept
Samuel Jimenez 1.pngChicago police officer Samuel Jimenez, [photo L-R], was also killed in the shooting. The 28-year-old father of three had just completed his probationary period with Chicago PD
Deyna Less 3Pharmacy resident Dayna Less, 24, was getting off an elevator when she was fatally shot by the deranged gunman on Monday

Witnesses said Lopez targeted O’Neal in the parking lot, shooting her at least six times before going inside the hospital

O’Neal and Lopez had reportedly planned to wed on October 27, but she called off the wedding in September.
There was a ‘verbal altercation’ between O’Neal and Lopez in the parking lot, Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson said during a press conference on Monday night.
A third person, who Johnson said was friends with ‘one of the individuals’, then attempted to intervene.
‘At that time, the male individual lifted up his shirt and displayed a handgun,’ Johnson added.
The acquaintance fled inside the hospital and 911 soon received a call of an assault taking place in the parking lot.

Mercy Hospital, Chicago parking lot 1Witnesses said Lopez shot Dr Tamara O’Neal in the hospital parking lot before rushing inside and opening fire at another victim before he was killed himself
Mercy Hospital, Chicago Parking lot 2The shooter Juan Lopez, died inside the hospital after he was reportedly shot by a SWAT team officer
Just seconds later, a second call came in. Shots had been fired.

James Gray saw Lopez and O’Neal talking to one another in the parking lot when he suddenly pulled out a gun.
‘The gentleman turned around and shot three times in the chest,’ Gray told WLS. ‘Once she fell to the ground, he turned around and shot her three more times’.
After Lopez shot O’Neal again, he shot at a police car that began driving towards him and then entered the hospital.
‘Officers observed him with a handgun,’ Johnson said. ‘He fired multiple shots before they could exit the squad car.’

After Lopez shot O’Neal again, he shot at a police car that began driving towards him and then entered the hospital.
The cops gave chase and put out an officers need assistance call, which Jimenez and his partner responded to.
‘When they pulled up, they heard the gunshots,’ Johnson said. ‘They did what the heroic officers always do, they ran towards the gunfire.’
‘They weren’t assigned to that particular call, but they went.’
Hospital officials said once inside the hospital, Lopez shot 24-year-old first-year pharmaceutical resident Dayna Less. She was taken to the hospital in critical condition where she later died.
Less was a graduate of Purdue University and was planning to go home to Indiana on Tuesday to spend Thanksgiving with her family. She was planning to get married in Indiana in 2019.

Mercy Hospital, Chicago. Doctors flee active shooter sceneThe hospital was partially evacuated following reports of an active shooter and a stream of medical personel in white coats and scrubs could be seen leaving Mercy Hospital during the active shooter situation on Monday

Lopez shot the pharmacist just as she was getting off an elevator.
‘That poor woman got off an elevator,’ Superintendent Johnson said. ‘She had nothing to do with nothing, and he shot her. Why?’
Lopez also shot at a second police officer, but the bullet struck his holster and embedded into the gun. He was not injured.
Gray said the scene inside the hospital was ‘mass chaos’.
‘Once he entered, he just started shooting at random,’ Gray told NBC Chicago. ‘It looked like he was turning and pointing at people at random.’
Johnson said during the exchange of gunfire inside the hospital, the shooter was fatally struck, though it was not immediately clear if he was struck by police fire or if it was a self-inflicted gunshot.

Lopez shot at a second police officer, the bullet lodges in his gun 2.pngLopez had also shot at a second responding police officer. The bullet struck his holster and embedded into the gun [photo], but he was not injured
Chigo Fire Dept honor police officer Samuel Jimenez 1.pngChicago Fire Dept honor fallen police officer Samuel Jimenez, hoisting the American flag. Jimenez died after he was shot responding to the active shooter report at Mercy Hospital on Monday

Witness Hector Aditia was watching television in the hospital’s waiting room when he saw Lopez shoot O’Neal.
Aditia said Lopez reloaded twice, firing ’32 bullets each’ time, once he went inside the hospital.
‘He was shooting like a maniac,’ Aditia told the Chicago Tribune. ‘And he obviously knows how to shoot because he was holding the gun with both hands.’
‘I was trying to help out as much as I could.Get people out of the way of the windows. Because he could have easily just aimed at us too.’
Lopez died inside the hospital after he was shot in the head by a SWAT team officer, according to CBS Chicago.
Jimenez was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and died hours later from his injuries.
A procession from the hospital to Cook County Morgue will be held for Jimenez on Monday night.

Employees and patients were put on Chicago Transit Authority buses while police searched the hospital.
Emergency rescue vehicles outside Mercy Hospital Chicago on Nov 19.pngPolice did a ‘methodical search’ of the hospital following the shooting and 15 ambulances arrived at the scene.Emergency vehicles could still be seen outside Mercy Hospital hours after the shooting on Monday night
Police records reveal that Lopez five years earlier had threatened to shoot up the Chicago Fire Department Academy nearly five years ago after he was fired for “improper conduct” toward women there, according to sources.

Juan Lopez, allegedly made the threats to fellow classmates, the sources said.

Fire Dept spokesman Larry Langford said he could not speak about the threats, but said Lopez was facing dismissal around that time.

“He was accused of aggressive and improper conduct toward females at the academy,” Langford said. “He was disciplined and terminated.”
“He had issues,” Langford said. “He was not getting along well.
“He did not successfully complete his training and was terminated before he finished the academy,” he added.
Lopez was never assigned to a firehouse as a firefighter or paramedic.


SWAT team conduct methodical search ofMercy Hospital, Chicago 1SWAT team members conducted a ‘methodical search’ of Mercy hospital [photo], after the shooting incident on Monday
Lopez worked for the Chicago Housing Authority, where he was hired in February of 2018 as an associate program specialist. The CHA said in a statement he was hired “after undergoing the usual background checks. There is no history of complaints about him during the course of his employment at CHA.”
Lopez got his bachelor’s degree at DePaul University in 2013 and was enrolled as a graduate student there, seeking a master’s degree in public service.
Married in 2008, he was divorced by 2015.
A year before the divorce, his ex-wife with whom he shares a child obtained an emergency order of protection after claiming he threatened to “cause a scene” at her workplace and had pulled a gun on a real estate agent.
No charges were filed against Lopez and the order was terminated.
Traumatized doctor at Mercy Hospital, Chicago after shooting Nov 19Chaos in the ER: A traumatized doctor is seen walking outside Mercy Hospital with his hands on his head following the active shooter situation on Monday
During Monday’s shooting a hospital employee said, a notice came over Mercy’s public address system telling everyone in the hospital to lock their doors.
Nigary Thomspon, an employee of the hospital’s family clinic, heard eight or nine shots. Employees and patients at the clinic locked the doors and hid in the back.
‘I am scared as hell. I have never been so scared, I hear of shootings going on every day at people’s workplaces but not where I work,’ Thomspon told WLS.
‘This was very close to me. That could have been us back there and if any bullets had pierced the wall we all would have been hurt.’
The hospital was later ‘partially evacuated’ and people were put on Chicago Transit Authority buses while officers searched Mercy.
‘They told us to run, so we did,’ another employee added.
A nearby high school and elementary school were also placed on temporary lockdown. The shooting was officially declared over by the hospital at 4.40pm.
Mercy Hospital wrote on Facebook that the Chicago Police Department had secured the hospital and that all patients were safe.
Police activity, safeguarding employees after shooting incident at Mercy Hospital Chicago.pngPrecaution: Employees and patients were stashed in Chicago Transit Authority buses  [photo], while cops searched the premises after the active shooter incident at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital Monday
Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, paid tribute to the victims during a press conference on Monday night: ‘The city of Chicago lost a doctor, a pharmaceutical assistant, and a police officer,’ he said. ‘All going about their day, all doing what they love.’
‘This tears at the soul of our city. It is the face and the consequence of evil.’
‘I ask each of us to hold our children, our loved ones, closer, remember what is important in life, and that there are others who are part of our larger family who will have a tear and a hole that will never really heal, that will always have a scar.’
Police spokesman Eddie Johnson called Samuel Jimenez and his fellow responding officers heroes.
‘Those officers that responded today saved a lot of lives because this guy was just shooting,’ he said.

‘We just don’t know how much damage he was prepared to do.’

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