| Mercy Hospital shooting | |
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| Location | Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, 2525 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°50′49″N 87°37′22″W / 41.8469°N 87.6228°W |
| Date | November 19, 2018 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. (CST, UTC−6) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, uxoricide, shootout |
| Weapons | 9mm Glock 17[1][2] |
| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator)[3] |
| Perpetrator | Juan Lopez |
| Motive | Domestic violence |
On November 19, 2018, a mass shooting took place at the Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. An attending physician at the hospital, a police officer, and a pharmacy resident were killed. The gunman, later identified as Juan Lopez, the ex-fiancé of one of the victims, later died in a shootout with other responding officers.
- ^ Seidel, Jon; Frank Main (November 20, 2018). "Hospital shooter's history of threats no legal hurdle to owning gun". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ^ "Gunman in Mercy Hospital shooting fired about 40 shots before dying in shootout with SWAT officer". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ^ Ray, Richard (November 19, 2018). "Chicago Officer Among 4 Dead in Shooting at Mercy Hospital". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved November 19, 2018.