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Knoxville Hospital Shooting: 2 Dead at Parkwest Medical Center

by Scott Wu | April 19, 2010 at 01:55 pm

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Tennessee Knoxville Hospital Shooting at Parkwest Medical Center

Knoxville Police Department confirmed that 2 people were dead at Parkwest Medical Center in West Knoxville on Monday. The suspect is believed to be dead after committing suicide. The names of the victims have been release but the identity of the gunman is withheld. One woman died at the scene and one of the two survivors was in critical condition.

The Knoxville hospital shooting was first reported with 911 calls at 4:34 p.m. The shooting happened outside of the patient discharge center of Parkwest Medical Center, located at 9352 Park West Blvd. Knoxville.

WATE.com reports that the facility is in a lock-down, and a SWAT team is searching the compound floor to floor.

It was reported that a man walked into an outpatient area and opened fire, and turned the gun on himself.

Officials late Monday night identified the dead woman as Rachel Wattenbarger, 40. The surviving victims were identified as Ariane Guerin, 26, and Nancy Chancellor, 32. The name of the suspect was withheld pending notification of next of kin, officials said.

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Rosiecee (not verified)

at 16:14 on April 19th, 2010

Perhaps this shooter was on an antidpressant. Many of them are on SSRI antidepressants. The Physicians Desk Reference states that SSRI antidepressants and all antidepressants can cause mania, psychosis, abnormal thinking, paranoia, hostility, etc. These side effects can also appear during withdrawal. Also, these adverse reactions are not listed as Rare but are listed as either Frequent or Infrequent. Go to www.SSRIstories.com where there are over 3,700 cases, with the full media article available, involving bizarre murders, suicides, school shootings/incidents [54 of these] and murder-suicides - all of which involve SSRI antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc, . The media article usually tells which SSRI antidepressant the perpetrator was taking or had been using.