PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man who police say fatally shot a medical worker and wounded six other people at a psychiatric clinic was a gifted, hardworking student at one school yet was banned from another for harassing female students, school
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man who police say fatally shot a medical worker and wounded six other people at a psychiatric clinic was a gifted, hardworking student at one school yet was banned from another for harassing female students, school officials said Saturday.
Police say John Shick, 30, opened fire shortly after entering the lobby of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic on Thursday afternoon. They haven’t disclosed a possible motive. He was killed by police officers who had trained for a Virginia Tech-style shooting, authorities said.
Duquesne University spokeswoman Bridget Fare said Saturday that Shick was expelled from the school last November after harassment complaints.
Shick enrolled in August as a graduate biology student, but soon numerous female students filed a formal complaint. The harassment never contained any threats or indication of violence, Fare said.
“It was making them uncomfortable,” she said of his persistent requests for dates or social contact.
