RantCrush Top 5: July 3, 2017

On Friday, a doctor opened fire inside the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in New York. He killed a doctor, Tracy Sin-Yee Tam, and wounded six others. The shooter, Henry Bello, worked at the hospital for about six months until he resigned after accusations of sexual harassment. In 2004, he was arrested and charged with sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment after grabbing a woman on the street. After shooting his former colleagues, Bello lit himself on fire and shot himself in the head.

Bronx hospital shooter Henry Bello was a 45 year old doctor. Heroic reports that doctors refused to evacuate & treated wounded on the spot.

— Stephanie Wash (@WashNews) June 30, 2017

Early Saturday morning, someone started shooting at a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, during a concert. Twenty-eight people were wounded, but luckily everyone survived. The victims’ ages range between 16 and 35. The police said they don’t think this is a case of terrorism, but rather some kind of gang-related dispute gone wrong. No suspects or motives are known yet. Yesterday, a rapper who was performing during the shooting, Ricky Hampton, was arrested for aggravated assault with a gun, but it was unrelated to the shooting.

No fatalities reported, but re: # of gunshot victims (17+) local PD says “This is big time, this is wow, we’ve never had nothing like this” https://t.co/imq3hcYyP1

— Heidi Voight (@HeidiVoight) July 1, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.