Gunfire from Pennsylvania Hospital Shooting Killed Officer, District Attorney Says

• Andrew Duarte, an officer with the West York Borough Police Department (WYBPD), was once killed within the capturing at UPMC Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania on Feb. 22
• York County District Attorney Tim Barker shared new information about his loss of life in a press convention on April 30
• The gunman, Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, was once fatally shot 15 to 20 instances

New main points had been published concerning the loss of life of Andrew Duarte, the officer who was once killed at UPMC Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania after a gunman opened fireplace and held group of workers hostage in February.

The borough of West York prior to now introduced on Facebook that Andrew Duarte, an officer with the West York Borough Police Department (WYBPD), was once killed within the capturing.

Police officials, one from Springettsbury Township and the opposite from Northern York County Regional Police Department, have been injured throughout the Feb. 22 incident, in addition to a deputy sheriff from the sherrif’s division, York County District Attorney Tim Barker mentioned throughout a press convention on Wednesday, April 30. Three health center group of workers participants have been wounded.

During the clicking convention, Barker mentioned Duarte was once killed within the line of responsibility by means of gunfire meant for the gunman Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz.

Barker mentioned that health center group of workers and police have been unaware that Archangel-Ortiz’s stolen 9mm Taurus pistol was once already out of ammunition after he pointed his firearm at a employee at roughly 11:11 a.m.

While it was once unknown on the time if Archangel-Ortiz had any further rounds, police say he then grabbed any other employee at gunpoint at roughly 11:13 a.m., and “exited the main door of the ICU.”

“The officers that were in their tactical positions, immediately created a reactionary gap and backed up in order to take full recognition, and to make full determinations of the hostage situation that was in front of them,” he mentioned.

That is when officials from all sides of the entrance started to open fireplace.

After officials started capturing from the left aspect, the ones at the proper aspect proceeded to shoot, and a type of bullets fired from an “officer who was positioned closest to the wall on the right side” struck Archangel-Ortiz at the “back upper shoulder area on the left side.”

The hostage was once now not struck, even if one of the vital bullets additionally hit the wall. One projectile, alternatively, did hit an officer who was once conserving a protect in “his right hand and traveled into his arm.”

“At that pointer Officer Andrew Duarte is diagonal and slightly behind to the officer with the shield. He is turned slightly to the left,” mentioned Barker.

“Two shots strike Officer Duarte. One shot strikes him in the left arm and goes across his chest. The other strikes him at the left side chest area, at the mesh area where his tactical protective vest would not have coverage, and strikes him at the mesh and goes across his chest,” he mentioned.

A 3rd officer at the left aspect was once additionally then struck within the leg by means of any other shot.

Barker mentioned that Archangel-Ortiz was once fatally shot 15 to 20 instances, however that it was once tricky to be actual given the character of the wounds. His loss of life was once dominated a murder on account of a couple of gunshot wounds, in step with WGAL.

He additionally mentioned that when Duarte declared that he was once struck, he tried to lend a hand the officer who was once struck from the leg down.

“That officer at this point is now being pulled by another officer,” mentioned Barker. “Officer Duarte leans over to the officer who is down and now is starting to be moved. Officer Duarte then, after leaning down towards that officer, succumbs to his injuries and collapses to the ground.”

Archangel-Ortiz’s firearm was once discovered and picked up by means of any other officer who came upon it was once “unloaded at that time.”

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“Again, as I stated previously, this fact was unknown to any officer and was unknown to the health care workers who were inside the ICU,” mentioned Barker.