Police Officer, Gunman Dead in Shooting in York, PA

Saturday, February 22, 2025

A police officer was killed and a gunman died in a shootout at a central Pennsylvania hospital Saturday, according to officials. West York Borough police announced that Officer Andrew Duarte died while responding to a 10:43 a.m. call about an active threat at UPMC Hospital in York, PA. No patients were injured during the shooting, and the five-story, 104-bed hospital has been secured, according to a statement by Pennsylvania State Police. It's unclear if there were any other injuries. "At this time, the shooter is deceased and there is no danger to the public. The hospital is secured," police said.

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Patrolman Andrew Duarte had served with the West York Borough PD for over two years and previously served with the Denver Police Department for five years. This was a good-looking young man who seemed quite happy. Photo: public domain. In an average year, 1,759 people die and 4,020 are wounded by guns in Pennsylvania. The Keystone State has the 20th highest rate of gun violence in the US. Pennsylvania firearm licenses in 2021: 348,167. An estimated 40.7% of adults in Pennsylvania have guns in their homes.

By contrast the entire country of Canada with approximately 41.6m people suffered 289 homicides by firearms in 2023.

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NRA-rated A+ US Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the 2015 CPAC convention. (Photo: Adweek). The CDC reports in 2022 there were more than 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the US. Thanks to the Republican Party and the NRA, America suffers wartime casualties every year without a foreign invasion. Who needs the Taliban, ISIS, Al-Qaida or the Fedayeen Saddam (FS) to kill Americans when we do a fine job of it ourselves?

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-02-22 05:14 PM