Three dead in hospital shooting

Police guard an entry to the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center after a hospital employee shot two other employees, then killed himself. One of his victims died at the scene; the other died later. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 16, 2014 1:02 PM PT

Hospital pharmacy worker shoots boss and another manager. Colleagues
remember him as a nice man with a family. He had apparently heard a rumor
about approaching layoffs.

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center employees gather outside the walk-in emergency entry, where the second shooting and suicide reportedly occurred. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Investigators convene at the hospital after the shootings. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

A woman walking toward Long Beach Medical Center soon after the shootings worries about her 6-month-old baby, who was inside the hospital. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Laura Harris of Hawthorne describes seeing the gunman shoot someone in the leg and then fire more shots before turning the gun on himself. Harris was on the way to visit her mother at the hospital. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)