UPMC Physician Assistant Reveals He Told Shooter His Loved One Died in ICU: 'I Did Not See a Monster'

Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz shot five people and killed a police officer Saturday morning after he stormed a hospital ICU armed with a handgun and zip ties. (Credit: NBC News)

A Pennsylvania man who died in a shootout with police while taking hostages in a hospital ICU had apparently lost a loved one there.

Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, 49, shot five people and killed a police officer Saturday morning after he stormed the ICU armed with a handgun and zip ties. A physician assistant at the hospital later said that he had had multiple dealings with Archangel-Ortiz before the incident.