Lewis Michael (Michael Louis)

Lewis Michael (Michael Louis)

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2022: Back pain sufferer shoots his surgeon and three others

On June 1, 2022, patient Michael Lewis shot and killed an orthopedic surgeon operating on him and three other medical workers in Tulsa, after which he committed suicide. Police said the gunman repeatedly called the clinic complaining of pain and left a suicide note promising to kill his doctor and anyone in his way.

U.S. authorities said Lewis was released from the hospital on May 24, 2022, five days after the operation. After discharge, Michael Louis called the doctor several times over several days, complaining of back pain and wanting more treatment, the police chief said.

In the United States, a patient suffering from back pain shot his surgeon and three other people

Michael Lewis was operated on on on May 19, 2022 and discharged from hospital on May 24. After that, Lewis called the doctor several times, complaining of pain. On the morning of June 1, Lewis took a gun he had bought from a pawnshop three days earlier, purchased a semi-automatic rifle from a local gun shop and went to a clinic. The other three killed are Dr. Stephanie Husen, an office employee, Amanda Glenn, and one of the hospital's patients, William Love.

{{quote 'Louis bought an AR type semi-automatic rifle just hours before the shooting. Louis bought a 40-caliber pistol at a pawnshop on May 29, 2022. Both guns were purchased legally, police said. The letter found at the suspect Michael Louis makes it clear that he came with the intention of killing the doctor and anyone who stands in his way! He accused the doctor of continuing pain after surgery and error at diagnosis and subsequently irrational treatment, said US Police Lt. Michael Franklin. }} Police arrived three minutes after a call came in at 16:53 local time about a shooting at a hospital. Continuing to search the hospital, police found a woman hiding under a table next to the body of the suspect, she said that she was not injured, but saw the suspect shoot himself, the police said.^[1]

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