Colleague: Tulsa Doctor Was ‘Consummate Gentleman’

Colleague: Tulsa Doctor Was ‘Consummate Gentleman’
Dr. Preston Phillips in a file photo. Courtesy of Light in the World Development Foundation
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A man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain after a recent back surgery bought a rifle hours before opening fire at a Tulsa medical office, killing the surgeon and three other people before fatally shooting himself, police said Thursday.

Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin says the gunman had recently undergone back surgery and had called a clinic repeatedly complaining of pain.