Lawsuit blames hospital, gun shop in assault-rifle shooting
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A medical resident recovering from gunshot wounds in a doctor's assault-rifle attack at a New York hospital has sued the institution and a gun shop.
Justin Timperio sued Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, seeking unspecified damages.
Authorities say a doctor who had been forced to resign from Bronx Lebanon Hospital two years earlier amid a sexual harassment claim opened fire inside the hospital on June 30, killing a doctor and hurting six others. Police say the doctor, Henry Bello, killed himself at the scene.
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The lawsuit said the hospital had insufficient security to stop Bello from entering the grounds even though a nurse and a security guard were injured in a 2011 shooting there.
It also blamed the shooting on a Schenectady, New York, gun shop.
The hospital did not immediately comment on the lawsuit.