India, Feb. 24 -- Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, the 49-year-old gunman who opened fire at the UPMC Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania after taking staff hostage in a ferocious attack, was "simply broken" after discovering that a loved one had passed away in the intensive care unit.

He stormed the Pennsylvania hospital while being armed with zip ties and a revolve, killing one officer and wounding five others. He was later shot dead by cops.

In a long Facebook post, Lestor Mendoza, a doctor at the York hospital, spoke about Archangel-Ortiz, revealing that "I spoke with the very man who did this act, interacting with him multiple days."

"I was there when we delivered the worst news imaginable to him - that his loved one was gone," Mendoza add...