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Man Suspected of Shooting M.D. Kills Self September 21, 2003 10:54 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES - A man suspected of shooting and wounding a doctor at a
hospital in a Los Angeles suburb
Investigators had been looking for Eugene Guevara, 73, in connection
with Friday's shooting of a doctor at Kaiser
Guevara shot himself in the stomach and, after authorities arrived,
shot himself in the head, Officer Don Cox said.
The gun recovered outside the restaurant near downtown Los Angeles was
the same caliber as the weapon used
Police locked down the hospital after Friday's shooting and spent hours
searching for Guevara, who was identified
Dr. Reynaldo Hernandez, who works in the hospital's urology department,
was in stable condition at the hospital
Guevara left behind a suicide note, but investigators do not know why
Guevara shot the doctor, Cox said. The
Neighbors said Guevara was a retired widower who suffered from diabetes
and prostate cancer. He was quiet
and kept to himself, they said.
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