"Ranting patient kills caseworker in Pa." Associated Press July 26, 2014
MEDIA, Pa. — A psychiatric patient ranted about a hospital gun ban before opening fire at the complex, killing his caseworker and grazing his psychiatrist before the doctor pulled out his own weapon and fired back, authorities said Friday.
Dr. Lee Silverman emptied his chamber, striking patient Richard Plotts, 49, several times. Plotts by then had shot Barbara Hunt, 53, and fired several shots at Silverman, officials said.
Plotts had 39 unspent bullets when he was wrestled to the ground at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, authorities say — and police believe he had planned to use them.
Plotts had at least four gun arrests, along with assault and drug charges, according to police and court records.
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