Tragic Hostage Crisis at Pennsylvania Hospital Ends in Two Fatalities, Including Brave Officer
York, Pennsylvania — A tragic confrontation in the UPMC Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit left two dead, including a police officer, and several others injured on February 22, 2025, after an armed assailant took a hospital employee hostage. The complex situation demoralized a community long used to considering medical facilities as safe havens. The assailant, identified as 49-year-old Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, had previously visited the hospital for what authorities described only as “a medical purpose involving …