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UPMC closes Memorial Hospital to visitors in wake of hostage and shooting incident
UPMC announced this morning via a Facebook post that it has closed Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township to visitors in the wake of a hostage incident Saturday that left one police officer dead, two injured and several staff members injured. The health care system did not say when visitors to patients would once again be welcome.
UPMC employee said he had to tell hospital shooter about loved one’s death: ‘Healthcare is broken’
I truly did not see a monster. He was simply broken,” a UPMC Memorial physician assistant said of Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz.
York County 911: Hear EMS summoned to attack at UPMC Memorial Hospital
A hostage crisis at the UPMC Memorial Hospital ICU on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, left a West York Borough Police officer and the gunman dead, while five others were injured. Listen to real-time York County 911 transmissions between EMS providers.
Officer killed in UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting, hostage situation; multiple injured
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– An active shooter situation locked down UPMC Memorial in York County, according to officials from West Manchester Township. Details are limited at this time, but officials from West Manchester Township have confirmed that it is an active shooter situation. Residents should avoid the area around UPMC Memorial.
UPMC Memorial Hospital staffer says he gave gunman devastating news in the days before Saturday’s attack
A physician’s assistant at UPMC Memorial Hospital claims he delivered devastating news to Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz in the days before the man returned to the ICU and opened fire, killing a
Physician assistant says he told Pennsylvania hospital shooter his loved one had died
Lester Mendoza took to Facebook to share his story of interacting with the shooter, Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, days before he held staff hostage and shot six people, killing a police officer at the hospital.
A timeline of tragedy at UPMC Memorial: How police and fire responded, moment by moment
York County fire departments had been, in a word despised by many superstitious first responders, quiet. In the ...
UPMC Memorial shooting: Possible motive identified for shooting
Officials are investigating a possible motive that led to a man entering the UPMC Memorial Hospital ICU where several staff ...
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Here's how you can support slain officer's family and UPMC staff after hospital shooting
A number of fundraisers and support drives have been organized to allow community members to lend their support.
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Police officer killed, 5 other people wounded after gunman holds Pennsylvania hospital staff hostage, officials say
“No patients have been injured. The hospital is now secure,” Susan Manko, spokesperson for UPMC Memorial in York, told CNN. The officer who died was Andrew Duarte, his department confirmed on ...
Springettsbury Township Police officer injured in UPMC Memorial shooting expected to make full recovery
YORK, Pa. — Springettsbury Township Police Chief on Monday provided an update on the officer from his department who was injured in last Saturday's shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital. According to ...
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Officer killed, others injured after man took hospital staff hostage, Pennsylvania DA says
West York Borough Police officer Andrew Duarte was fatally shot at UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township, after authorities say the gunman entered the hospital's intensive care unit ...
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Suspect who killed police officer, held Pennsylvania hospital staff hostage visited ICU the week before, authorities say
Though the motive for the attack at UPMC Memorial Hospital in the city of York remains unclear, Barker said the shooting appeared to be “targeted at the ICU.” “We do not have any further ...
After hospital killing, petition calls on UPMC to address 'dreadfully inadequate' security
The Change.org petition is calling on UPMC to screen all visitors, employees for weapons, place security gaurds, metal ...