According to New York State Education Department records, the doctor who opened fire at a New York City hospital had a limited permit to practice medicine.
Records show Dr. Henry Bello was allowed to practice as an international medical graduate to gain experience in order to be licensed. The permit was issued on July 1, 2014, and expired last year on the same day.
Law enforcement officials say Bello walked into Bronx Lebanon Hospital on Friday in a white lab coat concealing an AR-15 assault rifle. He opened fire on the 16th floor and killed one doctor. Six other people, some doctors, were badly injured.
Law enforcement officials say Bello was allowed to resign in 2015 amid sexual harassment allegations.
Two law enforcement officials say the doctor who opened fire at a New York City hospital where he once worked was allowed to resign in 2015 amid sexual harassment allegations.
The officials did not immediately know the details of the allegations against Dr. Henry Bello, who killed a doctor and injured six other people at the Bronx Lebanon Hospital on Friday before killing himself.
But according to police reports he had a history of sexual harassment cases. Police say Bello was arrested in 2004 on a charge of sexual abuse after a woman told police he grabbed her, lifted her up and carried her off, saying, “You’re coming with me.”
He was also arrested in 2009 on a charge of unlawful surveillance after two women reported he was trying to look up their skirts with a mirror. The arrest was later sealed.
Law enforcement officials say the doctor who opened fire at a New York City hospital where he once worked may have doused himself in an accelerant and tried to set himself on fire before shooting himself to death.
The officials tell The Associated Press that computers at a nurses’ station at the Bronx Lebanon Hospital had been damaged, and the fire alarms had been triggered.
The officials say Dr. Henry Bello used an AR-15 to kill a fellow doctor and injure six other people Friday afternoon. They say he concealed the weapon inside his white lab coat.
The officials were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.