2 guns found at home of suspect in hospital attack

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA

Authorities found two more guns at the home of a man suspected of fatally shooting his caseworker and grazing his psychiatrist in suburban Philadelphia before the doctor pulled out his own weapon and fired back.

The weapons and a computer were seized from Richard Plotts’ home in Clifton Heights, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said Saturday.

Authorities plan to arraign Plotts on a murder charge after he awakens at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he underwent surgery late Thursday. He is sedated and under guard.

Plotts, 49, was at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital for an appointment earlier Thursday when he began ranting about its gun ban and then drew a gun from his waistband and shot his caseworker, Theresa Hunt,53, psychiatrist Lee Silverman told police.

Silverman crouched behind a chair, pulled out his own weapon and fired back, striking Plotts several times, authorities said. Plotts had 39 unspent bullets on him when he was wrestled to the ground, police said.