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At approximately 11:40 a.m., a gunman entered a lobby of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and opened fire. A source told the LA Times that "the gunman first shot a pharmacy manager several times in the head. He then ran through the hospital wielding at least two guns, searching for a second man. He eventually caught up with that man and shot him multiple times in the head and neck, the source said. The gunman then told onlookers to go away, the source said, and fatally shot himself." UPDATE: More info here.
