A Chicago police officer, emergency room doctor, and pharmacy technician were killed on Nov. 19 when a gunman opened fire at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center.<\/b>
\nA Chicago police officer, emergency room doctor, and pharmacy technician were killed on Nov. 19 when a gunman opened fire at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center.
Chicago \u201clost a doctor, pharmaceutical assistant, and a police officer, all going about their day, all doing what they loved,\u201d Mayor Rahm Emanuel said at a press conference Tuesday, fighting back tears. \u201cThis just tears at the soul of our city. It is the face and a consequence of evil.\u201d
The attacker, 32-year-old Juan Lopez, also died Monday but it was not clear if he took his own life or was killed by police.
Chicago\u2019s Superintendent of Police Eddie Johnson told a press conference Monday, \u201cThere is no doubt in my mind that all those officers that responded were heroes.\u201d
\u201cThose officers that responded today saved a lot of lives,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cThey were heroes because we just don\u2019t know how much damage (the shooter) was prepared to do.\u201d
This s what is known about the victims:
Dr. Tamara O\u2019Neal, 38, was the first person shot and killed in Monday\u2019s deadly rampage. She was a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and a two-year resident atMercy Hospital & Medical Center.
Authorities said the shooting began as a \u201cdomestic dispute\u201d between the gunman and O\u2019Neal in the hospital parking lot.
Superintendent Jackson said that O\u2019Neal, an emergency room doctor, had broken off an engagement with the suspect several months ago.
The Chicago Tribune reported hospital officials as saying that O\u2019Neal was deeply religious and regularly attended church, where she headed up the choir.
\u201cThat was her one thing she wanted\u2026 to be able to go to church on Sunday,\u201d Emergency Department director Patrick Connor said at a news conference.
Some of the victim\u2019s work colleagues paid tribute to her on Twitter.
\u201cI knew her, trained with her, saved lives with her and tonight, tried to save her life,\u201d Dr. John Purakal wrote. \u201cTonight, I broke down in front of my coworkers when we lost her, and tonight I held hands with her mother in prayer. Tonight, we lost a beautiful, resilient, passionate doc. Keep singing, TO.\u201d
The Chicago Tribune reported police sources and witnesses as saying that the gunman hit O\u2019Neal with multiple rounds, standing over her as he fired the last shots.
\u201cToday, we mourn Chicago Police Officer Samuel Jimenez,\u201d the Chicago Police wrote in a tribute posted on Twitter. \u201cHis heroic actions saved countless lives. He ran towards danger. He ran toward those shots. He ran into fire. Selflessly.\u201d
Officer Jimenez was a married father of three. He had been with the force less than two years.
Sgt. Larry Snelling, who works at the Chicago police academy, recalled Jimenez as a \u201cstellar recruit\u201d who was \u201con top of his game,\u201d according to the Chicago Tribune.
\u201cHe was one of the guys we didn\u2019t have to worry about at all,\u201d Snelling said. \u201cJust a great kid.\u201d
Superintendent Johnson said Jimenez was not obliged to respond to the call because it was outside his district, and that by confronting the gunman the young officer acted courageously and selflessly.
\u201cWhen they pulled up, they heard the gunshots, and they did what heroic officers always do \u2014 they ran toward that gunfire,\u201d Johnson said, according to the Chicago Tribune. \u201cSo they weren\u2019t assigned to that particular call, but they went because that\u2019s what we do.\u201d
\u201cHe was the real police. He wasn\u2019t in it just for the paycheck,\u201d an officer who worked with him told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Dayna Less, 25, was shot and killed during Monday\u2019s tragic shooting as she exited an elevator at Mercy Hospital, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The first-year pharmacy resident, who graduated from Purdue University earlier this year, had been working at the hospital since July, the newspaper reported.
A Twitter user who said she was a close friend of Less, posted a tribute.
\u201cI was a close friend of Dayna Less,\u201d she wrote. \u201cOne of her and her family\u2019s favorite things together was celebrating their love for the Cubbies. \u2665\ufe0f Please pray for her Mother, Father, and Fianc\u00e9 during this horrific time.\u201d
The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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