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Police officer killed, 5 others wounded after gunman holds Pennsylvania hospital staff hostage and opens fire, officials say

A police officer named Andrew Duarte was killed during a shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, where a gunman took hostages and opened fire.
The gunman, Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, was killed by police after wounding five others, including a nurse and a custodian.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro praised Duarte and responding officers for preventing further casualties and addressed the 'very worst' moments of humanity during the incident.
UPMC Memorial Hospital, a 104-bed facility that opened in 2019, is part of a troubling trend of increasing violence in U.S. hospitals.

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People

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