On February 22, 2025, a mass shooting and hostage situation took place at UPMC Memorial Hospital in Shiloh, Pennsylvania, United States, near the city of York.[2] The shooting began at around 10:35 a.m. when Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz took hostages at the intensive care unit (ICU) area of the hospital and opened fire on several people.[3][4] Two people, including the shooter, were killed and five others were shot.[1]

Background

UPMC Memorial Hospital is a 104-bed hospital operated by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that opened in August 2019. It provides emergency medical, cardiology, vascular, chronic disease management, and surgical services.[5]

Shooting

A CCTV still of police arriving at the scene

Archangel entered the hospital at 10:30 a.m. carrying a backpack containing a semi-automatic pistol, zip ties and duct tape.[6][7] He entered the ICU area of the hospital near the main entrance and opened fire after taking hostages at 10:35 a.m. Archangel then barricaded himself inside the hospital. Later, when he came into the hallway with a female ICU employee at gunpoint with zip ties restraining her hands, both police officers and Archangel engaged in a shootout, in which he was fatally wounded.[8] An officer was killed during the gunfire exchange.[5] The attack was confirmed to be targeted.[9]

Victims

West York officer Andrew Duarte was killed in the shooting. His death was confirmed in a Facebook post by the West York Borough.[5] Duarte was a law enforcement veteran and joined the police department in 2022 after working for five years with the Denver Police Department in Colorado as a patrol officer. Duarte was highly regarded according to the Denver Police Department and won a hero award in 2021.[7]

At least five people, including two police officers, a doctor, a nurse, and a custodian were wounded by gunshot but reported to be in stable condition.[10] Another staff member was injured in a fall.[11]

Perpetrator

The perpetrator was identified as 49-year-old Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, who had lived in York since the 1990s and was born in the Bronx, New York to Dominican parents.[12] He previously had contact with the ICU and went to the hospital at least once before the attack and the week prior to the shooting he had contacted ICU for a medical purpose that had involved another person.[5] The person was revealed to be his wife who died in hospice the night prior to the shooting, and Archangel-Ortiz was removed from the hospital by security the night before the shooting, causing Archangel-Ortiz to commit the shooting out of anger and sadness.[13] Archangel-Ortiz also had an extensive criminal history across the York area between 2007 and 2025 prior to the shooting.[14]

Aftermath

A memorial with flowers and mementos was set up on the steps of the police department in West York. Governor Josh Shapiro ordered national and state flags to be flown at half-mast across Pennsylvania in honor of Duarte.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Montag, Madison (February 23, 2025). "Shooter took hostages, killed police officer before dying at central Pa. hospital, officials say". The Patriot-News. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  2. ^ Doran, Brady; Stockburger, George (February 22, 2025). "Active shooter situation at UPMC Memorial in York County". abc 27.
  3. ^ Jones, Harrison. "Police incident reported at UPMC Memorial hospital on Saturday morning". York Daily Record. Archived from the original on February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  4. ^ Miller, Grace (February 22, 2025). "Police investigating 'threat' at York hospital; threat 'neutralized,' officials say". WHP. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d Galgano, Alaa Elassar, Taylor (February 22, 2025). "Shooting incident confirmed at a Pennsylvania hospital". CNN. Archived from the original on February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Argento, Mike (February 22, 2025). "'This should never happen': Shooter targeted UPMC Memorial ICU with zip ties and a handgun". York Daily Record. Archived from the original on February 23, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Police officer killed, gunman dead in shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  8. ^ Tsui, Karina (February 23, 2025). "Suspect who killed police officer, held Pennsylvania hospital staff hostage visited ICU the week before". CNN. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  9. ^ "Officer, gunman killed after hostages taken in 'targeted' attack at UPMC Memorial Hospital ICU". The York Dispatch. February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  10. ^ "Gunman who held Pennsylvania hospital staff hostage felt more could have been done to save his terminally ill wife". CNN. February 25, 2025. Archived from the original on February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  11. ^ "Officer killed after a gunman took hostages at a Pennsylvania hospital". AP News. February 22, 2025. Archived from the original on February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  12. ^ "Gunman in UPMC mass shooting battled lifelong mental health issues, says ex-girlfriend". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  13. ^ "Motive revealed in Pennsylvania hospital shooting that left 1 officer dead, 5 injured". ABC News. February 23, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  14. ^ "UPMC Memorial gunman had multiple previous charges: online court records". CBS News. February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  15. ^ "Memorial grows for Pennsylvania officer killed in hospital shooting". WIVB-TV. February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  16. ^ Lindenmuth, Kaylee (February 22, 2025). "Shapiro orders flags at half-staff in honor of officer killed in action in UPMC Memorial shooting". WHTM-TV. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
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