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Police: Tulsa suspect targeted surgeon he blamed for pain
The Associated Press ^ | June 2, 2022 | By SEAN MURPHY and TERRY WALLACE

Posted on 06/02/2022 9:05:08 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain after a recent back surgery bought an AR-style rifle hours before opening fire at a Tulsa medical office, killing the surgeon and three other people before fatally shooting himself, police said Thursday.

Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin says the gunman had recently undergone back surgery and had called a clinic repeatedly complaining of pain.

Franklin says the doctor who performed the surgery, Dr. Preston Phillips, was killed Wednesday, along with another doctor, a receptionist and a patient.

“We also have a letter on the suspect, which made it clear that he came in with the intent to kill Dr. Phillips and anyone who got in his way,” Franklin said. “He blamed Dr. Phillips for the ongoing pain following the surgery.”

Authorities said the gunman carried a rifle and handgun during the shooting at the medical building on a hospital campus, the latest in a series of deadly mass shootings across the country in recent weeks.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: banglist; oklahoma; shooter; tulsa; wendellfranklin; windcomessweepin
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To: Paleo Conservative

Putin himself is threatening the US with 2-4 Satan 2 missiles.

We just act as if he’s bluffing.


61 posted on 06/02/2022 10:01:11 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Getready

People react differently to medications. If Vicodan can cause anger issues then we may see the extreme anger issue in one or more patients, while most will be rational though perhaps irritable.


62 posted on 06/02/2022 10:01:27 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Black on black violence is not confined to a Chicago ghetto or the hoods around DC. Law abiding citizens of high melanin have much more to fear from evil people that look like them than they do from Biden’s white supremacist boogeymen.


63 posted on 06/02/2022 10:02:03 AM PDT by DaBroasta
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To: MHGinTN

I agree. Some of these were the plots I described; this one is just a pissed off patient with no self-control.


64 posted on 06/02/2022 10:02:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (ELON MUSK IS THE CORPORATE VERSION OF DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We really need to get the message out to these nutcases to just kill themselves, let the others live.


65 posted on 06/02/2022 10:02:27 AM PDT by exnavy (we are not a democracy.)
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To: dpetty121263

‘...the Leftists being the do-gooders they are set about by making it difficult as possible to get help with pain..’

it was the Trump administration that declared opioids to be a national public health crisis, and took steps to address it...


66 posted on 06/02/2022 10:04:05 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: Boogieman

Even after an injury, it’s a good idea to strengthen the area of the injury and even go to a physical therapist. Sitting around and not moving is bad.


67 posted on 06/02/2022 10:05:38 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Black male perp, 35-40, shot & killed a black male doctor, white female doctor, white female receptionist, and an (unidentified race) male patient.
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Wrong narrative, so down the memory hole with this one. Continue the “blame guns” trope.


68 posted on 06/02/2022 10:06:03 AM PDT by twister881
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To: Lazamataz

The reality of false flag ops in our epoch is undeniable, if one is open to the true facts. Your essay is a good start at waking people up to the evil of current regime rule.


69 posted on 06/02/2022 10:06:20 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MHGinTN
The reality of false flag ops in our epoch is undeniable, if one is open to the true facts. Your essay is a good start at waking people up to the evil of current regime rule.

Thanks. Just an aside, but I don't like calling them False Flags. A False Flag, to me, is something a nation does to justify war on another nation. It is also rife with previous condemnation as a 'conspiracy theory'.

I like the term 'Orchestrated Mass Shooting'. It is more descriptive and harder-hitting.

70 posted on 06/02/2022 10:10:41 AM PDT by Lazamataz (ELON MUSK IS THE CORPORATE VERSION OF DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: Sirius Lee

NY Post has the killer’s photo, IIRC, a Michael Lewis. But it was odd how the press conference refused to ID him.


71 posted on 06/02/2022 10:10:55 AM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The same thing that just happened to a friend...Workplace back injury and the surgery made it significantly worse.


72 posted on 06/02/2022 10:12:56 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Paleo Conservative

“Even after an injury, it’s a good idea to strengthen the area of the injury and even go to a physical therapist.”

Sure, once the injury has healed enough to do so safely. Going back to do a job involving physical labor when you haven’t healed yet and just soldiering through it with pain pills is not the same thing, yet that is what many people do (or did before doctors stopped handing them out like candy).


73 posted on 06/02/2022 10:13:25 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Deo volente

I thought of that too. I can walk out same day with a gun in SC, but only because I have a Concealed Carry Permit. It requires a day-long class and an extensive background check that persists.

Otherwise, I think the waiting period is non-negotiable. I wonder if he was had a CCP.


74 posted on 06/02/2022 10:19:32 AM PDT by ScarletRed
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To: Bob434

That’s interesting! I didn’t know that.


75 posted on 06/02/2022 10:22:58 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: Turbo Pig

Yup,Agreed !
Oopsie Doesn’t cut It!
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With no apologies coming I guess We just need to get back to some sense of Life.


76 posted on 06/02/2022 10:27:29 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shocked we didn’t hear of this stuff during Covid.
Expected more White Coats to get shot at for the shots they were giving..
Especially if they resulted in injury..


77 posted on 06/02/2022 10:28:58 AM PDT by delchiante
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To: Jane Austen
NY Post has the killer’s photo, IIRC, a Michael Lewis.

Thanks. Michael "Louis." And yup, the press's reluctance to name is very odd... https://nypost.com/2022/06/02/tulsa-gunman-michael-louis-targeted-doctor-who-operated-on-him-cops/

...NOT!

78 posted on 06/02/2022 10:32:07 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Sirius Lee

no wonder the media dropped this story like a hot potato.


79 posted on 06/02/2022 10:34:15 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: LibertyWoman
Too bad these insane people just don’t off themselves to begin with

They may, in almost all cases. No “news reports” are then generated, or receive little play. This probably tells us more about our “press” than anything else.

80 posted on 06/02/2022 10:38:27 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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