Mercy Hospital shooting
| Mercy Hospital shooting | |
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Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in 2008
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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 |
| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| 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.