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Gunman Kills 2, Self at Calif. Medical Center

Pharmacy worker believed to have been fearing layoffs

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(Newser) – A worker at the Long Beach Medical Center shot and killed his boss and another manager before taking his own life yesterday, reports the Los Angeles Times. Witnesses said pharmacy technician Mario Ramirez, 50, showed up for work brandishing a pair of handguns and deliberately sought out his victims. Friends say he had heard rumors of impending layoffs.

Ramirez, described by colleagues as a "funny, humble, nice" man with a wife and children, had never had any personnel problems at the center, said a hospital spokeswoman who added that layoffs had been made last month but no further job reductions were planned. "There were no signs or indication that something like this could happen," she said. "I don't believe there was anything we could have done."

Long Beach Police officers surround the Long Beach Memorial Hospital after a shooting that left two people dead and one in critical condition yesterday.
Long Beach Police officers surround the Long Beach Memorial Hospital after a shooting that left two people dead and one in critical condition yesterday.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A Los Angeles County Coroner technician transfers a body into a coroner's van parked outside the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center emergency entrance yesterday.
A Los Angeles County Coroner technician transfers a body into a coroner's van parked outside the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center emergency entrance yesterday.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Police secure the door of the emergency walk-in area as they surround the Long Beach Memorial Hospital after a shooting that left two people dead yesterday.
Police secure the door of the emergency walk-in area as they surround the Long Beach Memorial Hospital after a shooting that left two people dead yesterday.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Robert_Dada
Apr 17, 09 7:10 AM CDT
F'ing guns. The real problem in this country. Reply
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psycada
Apr 17, 09 8:34 AM CDT
You're not too bright are you. Guns are not the problem. He could have done it just as easily with a machete, or any other weapon of choice. It looks like your another one of these non-believers of the Second Amendment given to us by men far smarter than you or I. So in all actuality, people like you are the real problem in this country. You don't understand our rights or why they were given to us, so you think it's ok to ignore them or flat out deny them, allowing the federal government to take them away one at a time. Reply
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woody66
Apr 17, 09 9:42 AM CDT
Then why psycada, does the US have a death rate from guns per year per 100,000 people which is three times higher than Canada, Denmark, Autrsalia, New Zealand and a host of other "developed" countries ? Why is it in the headlines every single night of the year ? Get your head out of your ass and face reality. If you don't want to control hand guns and assault weapons then make yourself useful and please propose some alternatives to get gun violence and the death rate down. What is your proposal ?..or are you happy with the worsening status quo ? Which is it ? I'm waiting.
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NutsInNY
Apr 17, 09 9:48 AM CDT
This pro-gun schtick never ceases to amaze me: "He could have done it just as easily with a machete, or any other weapon of choice." (As if guns would exist if other weapons were just as effective.)
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Lula
Apr 17, 09 11:53 AM CDT
Woody, I agree with your comment. Well said. Reply
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