The coroner identifies the laboratory medicine department employee who he said was shot multiple times.
DANVILLE - The Geisinger Medical Center employee killed late Friday afternoon in the employee parking lot was shot multiple times, according to the Montour County Coroner.as she was returning to her car following her shift in the laboratory medicine department, Coroner Scott Lynn said Saturday. Her death was immediate, he said.
A fatal accident on Route 42 north of Aristes about 45 minutes later is related to the shooting, Columbia County Coroner Jeremy Reese said. He identified the victim as David Morgan, 48, of Mount Carmel, but did not state how he was related to the Geisinger shooting. State police have not released details on the accident but the coroner said the man who was killed had been ejected and suffered burns when the vehicle caught fire.
The investigation into the two deaths is being conducted by state police along with the coroners. State police had said after the hospital shooting they believed it was an isolated incident and there was no threat to the public.