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Gunman, 45, storms Tulsa hospital campus two weeks after his back surgery and tells passerby he’s looking for ‘Dr. Phillips’ – killing two orthopedic surgeons, office staff and another patient in rampage, before turning gun on himself

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong> <strong>Five people&comma; including the gunman &comma; were killed in the shooting at Natalie Building at St Francis Hospital campus in Tulsa&comma; Oklahoma<&sol;strong> on Wednesday <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Gunman&comma; 45&comma; stormed Tulsa hospital campus&comma; told a passerby he&&num;8217&semi;s looking for &&num;8216&semi;Dr&period; Phillips&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; killing four people in rampage before turning gun on himself <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Shooter was identified by police as Michael Louis&comma; whose also went by Michelet Louis&comma; who <strong>who died from self-inflicted gunshot injuries<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Dr&period; Preston J&period; Phillips&comma; an orthopedic surgeon who performed back surgery on Louis last month&comma; on May 19 was shot and killed in the attack <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Other victims were identified as orthopedist<&sol;strong> <strong>Dr&period; Stephanie Husen&comma; s doctor&&num;8217&semi;s office employee Amanda Green and patient William Love <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Louis was released from the hospital on May 24&comma; but continued to complain that he was in pain<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He&&num;8217&semi;d called Dr&period; Phillips’ office several times over several days including June 1&comma; complaining of back pain and wanted additional treatment&comma;” police said<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>On May 29&comma; Louis had purchased a &period;40-caliber Smith &amp&semi; Wesson semi-automatic handgun from an area pawn shop <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>On June 1&comma; he legally purchased a semi-automatic AR-15-style rifle from a local gun shop<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong> unidentified gunman allegedly told multiple people to clear the medical center and that he was looking for a &&num;8216&semi;Dr&period; Phillips&&num;8217&semi; at time of shooting <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Police confirmed that the gunman killed four before he turned the gun on himself<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3e3333&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>President Biden was briefed on the shooting and said the White House was monitoring the situation<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Michael-Louis-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408906"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Gunman Michael Louis&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 45&comma; killed four people before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot&comma; at Natalie Building at St Francis Hospital in Tulsa&comma; Oklahoma on Wednesday morning<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A gunman stormed a medical building in Oklahoma on Wednesday shooting dead four people before he turned the gun on himself&period; <br>Michael Louis&comma; 45&comma; killed four people and himself after complaining repeatedly about back pain following surgery&comma; police said&period;<br>All five victims&comma; including the gunman who died of self-inflicted gunshot&comma; were killed at the Natalie Medical Building near St Francis Hospital in Tulsa <br>The shooter was identified by police as Michael Louis&comma; whose also went by Michelet Louis&comma; his family&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Preston-Phillips-left-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408910" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"632"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Dr&period; Preston J&period; Phillips&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; an orthopedic surgeon who performed back surgery on Michael Louis last month&comma; was one of the four people shot and killed by Louis in Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s mass shooting at the Natalie Building in Tulsa&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Stephanie-J&period;-Husen-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408922" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"621"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Orthopedic surgeon Dr&period; Stephanie J&period; Husen&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb; one of the victims in the mass shootings by Michael Louis at the Natalie Building at Saint Francis Hospital&comma; Tulsa&comma; Okla&period; on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Amanda-Glenn-left-and-William-Love-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408965"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Louis also shot and killed doctor&&num;8217&semi;s office staffer Amanda Glenn &lbrack;left&rsqb; and a patient William Love &lbrack;right&rsqb; in his rampage on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Citing a conversation with police&comma; Louis’ niece said he left a note explaining a motive for the attack&comma; which took place in the Warren Clinic Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine on the second floor of the Natalie Medical Building&comma; near St&period; Francis Hospital&period; Officials declined to disclose to her what it said&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tulsa Police called me and verified that it’s my uncle&comma;” she texted Thursday morning&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are so distraught&period;” <br>The woman who asked not to be named in the story&comma; citing the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;heinous” nature of the crime said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t even want to be associated because I’m so disgusted&period;” <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'347' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;211R6WSN&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;useAverageColor&equals;1&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption><strong>Police surround hospital after deadly shooting in Oklahoma&period; The gunman stormed Tulsa hospital campus and told passerby he&&num;8217&semi;s looking for &&num;8216&semi;Dr&period; Phillips&&num;8217&semi; -before killing four people<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Dr&period; Preston J&period; Phillips&comma; an orthopedic surgeon who performed back surgery on Louis last month&comma; was shot and killed in the attack&comma; Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said at a press conference on Thursday&period; <br>Louis was released from the hospital on May 24&comma; but continued to complain that he was in pain&comma; according to Franklin&period; <br>Louis &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;called several times over several days complaining of pain and wanted additional treatment&comma;” Franklin said&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yesterday&comma; June 1&comma; Louis called Dr&period; Phillips’ office again&comma; complaining of back pain and wanting additional assistance&comma;” Chief Franklin continued&period; <br>Louis legally purchased a semi-automatic AR-15-style rifle at 2 p&period;m&period; that same day from a local gun store&comma; the chief said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Natalie-Building-at-St-Francis-Hospital-in-Tulsa-Oklahoma-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408912"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Police converged on the Natalie Medical Building&comma; near St&period; Francis Hospital in Tulsa at the mass shooting on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;image-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408908"&sol;><figcaption>Police tape outside of the&nbsp&semi;Natalie Medical Building in Tulsa as police respond to a shooting that killed five people&nbsp&semi;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On May 29&comma; Louis had purchased a &period;40-caliber Smith &amp&semi; Wesson semi-automatic handgun from an area pawn shop&comma; according to Franklin&period; <br>A second orthopedist&comma; Dr&period; Stephanie Husen&comma; was killed in the shooting&comma; police said&period; The other two victims were identified by authorities as doctor&&num;8217&semi;s office employee Amanda Green and patient William Love&period; <br>Phillips&comma; a specialist with several decades of experience&comma; was the section chief of the Warren Clinic&period; He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1990 and specialized in spine disorders&comma; joint reconstruction&comma; and surgical procedures&period; <br>Patients praised him online as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;thorough&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;gracious” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;kind&comma;” and a local charity featured him on their Facebook page for donating several containers of prosthetics for knee replacements in Togo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>Dr&period; Preston Phillips&comma; an orthopedic surgeon in Tulsa&comma; Oklahoma and is affiliated with Saint Francis Hospital&comma; has&&num;8230&semi;Posted by&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;382157995245519">Light in the World Development Foundation<&sol;a>&nbsp&semi;on&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;LightInTheWorldDevelopmentFoundation&sol;photos&sol;a&period;505175366277114&sol;1564637096997597&sol;&quest;type&equals;3">Friday&comma; June 15&comma; 2018<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Phillips is survived by his wife Melody and their children&period; <br>Public records list Louis as a resident of a home in Muskogee that Tulsa police asked local cops to search for a possible bomb on Wednesday night&comma; saying it was related to the hospital incident&period; <br>The home was evacuated Wednesday night&comma; according to authorities&comma; Louis had killed himself hours earlier and his wife&comma; Edith Lubin&comma; could be reached&period;<br>The alleged gunman&&num;8217&semi;s family on Wednesday night expressed disbelief that he may have been involved&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is really crazy&period; Like&comma; this is shocking… No one in our family&comma; like nobody in our family&comma; has this type of behavior&period; No one&comma;” said one of his shocked relatives&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s just so shocking&period; Like&comma; if he had killed himself&comma; okay&period; But those innocent people&comma; that’s what I’m hurting about&comma;” the shooter&&num;8217&semi;s niece said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Families-hug-after-Tulsa-hospital-shooting-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408893"&sol;><figcaption>Family members hug as they are reunited at Memorial High School after being evacuated from the scene of a shooting at the Natalie Medical Building<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A second orthopedist&comma; Dr&period; Stephanie Husen&comma; was killed in the shooting&comma; which happened in the Warren Clinic Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine on the second floor of the Natalie Medical Building&comma; near St&period; Francis Hospital&period; The other two victims were identified by authorities as Amanda Glenn&comma; a receptionist at the medical center&comma; and William Love&comma; a patient&period; <br>Love and Glenn &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;stood in the way&comma; and Louis gunned them down&comma;” Franklin said&comma; noting that Love was shot while holding a door closed so someone else could escape through another exit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;image-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408919"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Tulsa Police Department arrives at the Saint Francis medical building following reports of the shooting<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Franklin said officers first got a 911 call at 4&colon;52 p&period;m&period; and arrived on scene four minutes later&period; The person who made the call was a patient having a video visit with their doctor&comma; who told them to contact police when the shooting started&comma; according to Franklin&period; <br>Louis fired his last gunshot&comma; which authorities believe was when he killed himself&comma; at 4&colon;58 p&period;m&period;—39 seconds after the first officers entered the Natalie Building&period; Phillips was found dead in an exam room&comma; according to Franklin&comma; who said cops rescued an elderly woman hiding under a desk at the feet of Louis’ body&period;<br>Franklin said a note was found on Louis that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;made it clear that he came in with the intent to kill Dr&period; Phillips and anyone who got in his way&period; He blamed Dr&period; Phillips for the ongoing pain following the surgery&period;” <br>Shortly after the shooting&comma; Tulsa police asked Muskogee police to search a home owned by Louis and wife Edith Lubin after being told there may be a bomb inside&period; The home was evacuated Wednesday night&comma; according to authorities&comma; and neither Louis nor Lubin could be reached by reporters or worried relatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Tulsa-hospital-shooting-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408895"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Aerial view of the hospital campus on Wednesday shows officers of The Tulsa Police Department&comma; in large numbers&comma; outside a Saint Francis medical building in Tulsa responding to a shooting on Wednesday afternoon<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Tulsa-hospital-shooting-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408896"&sol;><figcaption>Large police presence outside of&nbsp&semi;Natalie Building at St Francis Hospital in Tulsa on Wednesday<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Tulsa police responded to the scene of the shooting within minutes and arrived while the shooting was ongoing&comma; Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish said at a press conference&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;The officers that did arrive were hearing shots in the building&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s what directed them to the second floor&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br>St&period; Francis Health System locked down its campus Wednesday afternoon because of the situation at the Natalie Medical Building&comma;&nbsp&semi;an outpatient surgery center and a breast health center&period;<br>Once gunfire ceased&nbsp&semi;authorities searched the building &&num;8216&semi;floor by floor&comma; room by room&comma;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;Captain Richard Meulenberg of the Tulsa Police Department said&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s a catastrophic scene in there right now&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Captain Meulenberg told reporters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Eric-Dalgleish-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408939" width&equals;"820" height&equals;"539"&sol;><figcaption><strong>&&num;8216&semi;What happened today in Tulsa is a senseless act of violence and hatred&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Tulsa Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; said at a press conference&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;What happened today in Tulsa is a senseless act of violence and hatred&period; Sarah and I are praying for the families of those who lost their lives and for those who were injured&period; I am grateful for the quick and brave actions of the Tulsa Police Department and other first responders who did their best to contain a terrible situation&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;&nbsp&semi; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I have offered Mayor G&period;T&period; Bynum any state resources that may be needed&comma; and I ask all Oklahomans to come together in support of the Saint Francis Health System community and to grieve with those whose lives have been forever changed&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Stit added&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Tulsa-hospital-shootin-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-408900"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Police activity at the scene of a shooting at the Saint Francis hospital campus in Tulsa Oklahoma on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The mass shooting comes just eight days after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde&comma; Texas&comma; killing 19 students and two teachers before authorities shot and killed him&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>The tragic shooting has reignited the conversation around gun control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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