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Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin speaks during a Thursday news conference at Saint Francis Hospital about the mass shooting that left five people dead, including the shooter, at the Natalie Building.
Dr.
Preston Phillips and Dr.
Stephanie Husen are among the four innocent people killed Wednesday in a shooting.
Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin speaks Thursday, June 2, 2022 about a mass shooting on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Media listen during a Thursday, June 2, 2022 press conference about a mass shooting on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum speaks during a Thursday, June 2, 2022 press conference about a mass shooting on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Two orthopedic surgeons, a medical office staffer and a patient visitor were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
The gunman reportedly was able to purchase a semi-automatic rifle just hours before the slayings targeting a specific physician, according to investigators.
Mayor G.T.
Bynum and officials from Saint Francis Health System and Tulsa Police Department offered more details Thursday on the shooting that left four innocent people dead, as well as the gunman.
The victims were identified by Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin as Dr.
Preston Phillips, Dr.
Stephanie Husen, Amanda Glenn and William Love.
A family member of Glenn's said the chief misspoke when identifying her last name during the news conference.
The shooter, who police say killed himself, was identified as Michael Louis of Muskogee, a patient of Phillips' who had recently been treated for back pain following a May 19 surgery.
Franklin said Glenn was a receptionist and that Love was a patient, but later a police spokesman said Love was with a patient. "They stood in the way, and Louis gunned them down," the police chief said.
He said Love reportedly held a door closed to allow another injured person to escape the office.
Franklin said Louis' wife confirmed with police that he blamed Phillips for his ongoing pain issues after being discharged May 24 following his surgery.
She said Louis contacted her to let her know what he had done, but Franklin said she was not aware in advance of the shooting.
Louis reportedly had been seen by Phillips' office for a follow-up on his pain the day before the shooting.
According to investigators, the 45-year-old purchased an AR-15-style rifle about an hour prior to the shooting from a local retailer, Franklin said.
Louis bought the .40-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol used in the shootings from an area pawn shop on Sunday.
Officers at the shooting scene found 30 shell casings from the rifle and seven from the pistol rounds, Franklin said.
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The shooter was armed with a rifle and handgun and has been confirmed among the dead.
His wound was self-inflicted, police said.
The victims were identified by Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin as Dr.
Preston Phillips, Dr.
Stephanie Husen, Amanda Glenn and William Love.
Authorities said a suspect, Skylar Dewayne Buckner, turned himself in Sunday afternoon in connection with the shooting.
The Saint Francis Health System family is mourning after a disgruntled patient took the life of the surgeon he blamed for his back pain.
Four decades after he was acquitted, the latest DNA testing in the case, although officially inconclusive, strongly suggests Gene Leroy Hart's involvement, officials say, while eliminating several other potential suspects.
A new Southern Baptist report includes at least 14 names with ties to Oklahoma.
Friends and relatives say the Sand Springs woman who was killed in Tulsa's mass shooting always put others first.
Skylar Buckner, 26, was expected to be formally charged and arraigned on Tuesday, a Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman said Monday.
Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin speaks during a Thursday news conference at Saint Francis Hospital about the mass shooting that left five people dead, including the shooter, at the Natalie Building.
Dr.
Preston Phillips and Dr.
Stephanie Husen are among the four innocent people killed Wednesday in a shooting.
Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin speaks Thursday, June 2, 2022 about a mass shooting on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Media listen during a Thursday, June 2, 2022 press conference about a mass shooting on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum speaks during a Thursday, June 2, 2022 press conference about a mass shooting on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
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