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Suspect Arrested In Fatal CT Shooting Of Yale Doctor

2010_04_suspectys.jpg This morning at 8 a.m., Yale University doctor Vajinder Pal Toor was fatally shot outside his home in Branford, Connecticut. According to the Courant, Lishan Wang, who police say is a Chinese national from Beijing whose last known address is in Marietta, Georgia, was arrested. The police chief said, "Our agency is looking at a number of motives for this homicide. One is the possibility that Dr. Toor and Lishan Wang had a previous working relationship at a hospital in New York. We are unsure of the extent of their interactions at this time."

Toor, 34, a first year fellow at Yale's medical school, and Wang, 44, apparently worked together at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn. A neighbor said that Toor's wife, who is five months pregnant, had just said good-bye to her husband and came out of their condominium when she heard the gunfire. The gunman fired at her as well, but she hid behind a car.

Wang was pulled over by police about a mile from Toor's home; cops found handguns in his car. The Courant says he was "charged with murder, criminal attempt to commit murder, weapons in a motor vehicle, carrying a handgun without a permit, unlawful discharge of a firearm. Wang is being held on a $2,000,000.00 bond."

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  • Clarice City

    Awful. My heart breaks for the pregnant wife.

    Cut his Wang off.

  • suepart

    at least the doc won't have to be paying back his med school bills...

  • Rocknrope

    Another member of the Asian Hall of Shame.

  • matty

    I don't understand this asian pressure to get all A's all the time. I mean, yeah, doing well in school is good, but your academic life is not a judge of "Hui" you are.

    Did you see what I just did there?

  • Torgo

    Maybe he was defeated by Dr Toor in a cupcake eating contest over the weekend.

  • Kojak

    I heard he shot Dr Toor after giving him an A-

  • NannyState

    It was A. Dr. Toor discriminate against Hui minority!

  • dgeee

    When the Lishan Wang's of this world become criminal gunman could the apocalypse be far behind?

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