7/24/2006 – Las Vegas, NV Doctor Shot by Patient with No Warning

Doctor Avi Ostrowsky says he was getting up to leave the examination room of his Mountain View Hospital when all of a sudden he heard several bangs, saw on the opposite wall bloodstains and then smelled the gunpowder. After a few seconds, he realized he'd been shot. The man who shot doctor Ostrowsky was one of his long-time patients, 74 year old Karl Edeen. The doctor, a 55 year old endocrinologist, was hit in the neck, jaw and shoulder. One bullet was lodged dangerously close to his spine. When doctor Ostrowsky started walking towards him, Edeen killed himself. Police say they found a suicide note in Edeen's pocket in which the shooter complained about bad doctors in Nevada. Edeen had been Ostrowsky's patient for almost 10 years and never threatened him before.