Bronx-Lebanon Hospital attack

On June 30, 2017, at around 2:45 p.m. EDT, a doctor opened fire at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in the Bronx, New York, United States, killing a doctor on the 17th floor and wounding six people on the 16th floor with an AR-15-type semi-automatic rifle. The shooter was later identified as 45-year-old Nigerian-born Dr. Henry Michael Bello, a family physician formerly employed by the hospital.

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital attack
LocationBronx-Lebanon Hospital Center,
1650 Grand Concourse,
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Coordinates40.843546°N 73.910834°W / 40.843546; -73.910834
DateJune 30, 2017
c. 2:45pm (EDT)
TargetHospital staff
Attack type
  • Murder-suicide
  • workplace violence
  • mass shooting
Weapons.223-caliber Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 semi-automatic rifle
Deaths2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured6
PerpetratorHenry Michael Bello
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