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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Surgeon shot dead by patient in exam room at Tennessee clinic

Campbell Clinic

A Tennessee surgeon was shot dead in an exam room on Tuesday after a patient allegedly lay in wait for hours to ambush him, authorities say.

The surgeon, identified as Dr Benjamin Mauck, was killed in front of patients and employees at Campbell Clinic Orthopedics in Collierville, a city about 30 miles east of Memphis, Police Chief Dale Lane told reporters on Tuesday night.

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