Police reported that the man who broke into a clinic in Tulsa (OklahomaEE.UU.), donde he killed four people before taking his own lifewanted to assassinate one of the deceased, a doctor who had recently operated on him, because of the pain he suffered after surgery.
The head of the Tulsa Police Department, Wendell Franklin, identified the alleged killer at a press conference, Michael Louisand his victims: two doctors, including the one who treated him in the past, Preston Phillips, a clinic receptionist and a patient.
Franklin said that after taking his own life, officers found the suspect was carrying a letter “making it clear that he had come with the intent to kill Dr. Phillips and anyone else who crossed his path.”
“He blamed Dr. Phillips for his continued pain after a surgical operation” on his back on May 19, the police chief explained.
After being discharged on May 24, Michael Louis He called the doctor several times to complain about his pain and asked for some treatment for his pain.
According to the Police, on May 31 the doctor had a consultation with the suspect, and on the same day of the shooting, Michael Louis again telephoned the doctor’s office to “complain of back pain and seeking additional attention.”
The wife’s version
Franklin also added that the wife of Michael Louis He called the police an hour and a half after the attack saying that “her husband had murdered several people in Dr. Phillips’s office”.
“The suspect’s wife called the office and gave information to the police,” Franklin said. “The information that we currently have is that she did not know what was going to happen, but he contacted her either before the shooting occurred or during the shooting to inform him of what he had done.
On the other hand, Franklin revealed that before the attack The alleged assailant legally purchased two firearms: an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, which he purchased the same day as the shooting, and a 4.0-caliber semi-automatic firearm, which he purchased on May 29.
The debate on the control of firearms has been reactivated in EE.UU. after the death on May 24 of 19 children and 2 teachers in a primary school in Uvalde (Texas) for shooting of an 18-year-old. (EFE)
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