USA CHICAGO SHOOTINGS: Four people including a policeman have been shot dead after a gunman opened fire at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.

USA CHICAGO SHOOTINGS –In yet again more USA shootings, on Monday, four people were killed at a Chicago hospital.A gunman, identified by the media as doctor as Tamara O’Neal was shot and killed in a row  in a Chicago hospital  car park between people who knew each other. The gunman then stormed the Chicago hospital and shot and killed a pharmaceutical assistant who had stepped out of a lift and then a police officer in exchange of gunfire. Another officer survived the shooting rampage after a bullet lodged itself into his holster.
 
The gunman is reported to be the ex-fiance of the doctor, he shot and killed outside Mercy Hospital in Chicago.
 
Heavily armed police responded by filing patients , doctors and hospital staff out with their hands up as they acted to secure the hospital.
 
The total of those shot dead, is four people including the Chicago doctor, a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer identified as Samuel Jimenez, , and the gunman who is yet to be said as to whether he shot himself dead or was shot . The gunman unleashed the terror with a single handgun. More news to follow. By Sibusiso Ngwenya
photo-BBC
 

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