A shooting at a dental office in El Cajon resulted in the death of a dentist and injuries to the staff. The attacker, a dissatisfied patient, had repeatedly visited the office and his behavior had become erratic. The suspect has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and premeditated attempted murder.
The door to the dental office flew open. The shooting started. The ambush lasted one minute, shot after shot after shot, at least 23 rounds, in multiple volleys, a prosecutor said in court Tuesday. An office manager was hit — his hand, his elbow, his torso. A staffer was shot, a bullet tearing through one of her legs and into the other. A dentist was shot several times, too. Some of the bullets came through a closed door. He would soon die.
The dentist and his staffers knew the suspected gunman, Deputy District Attorney John Philpott said. The attacker had been a 'dissatisfied' patient, who over the course of months had repeatedly gone to the El Cajon office, 'such that his behavior was erratic and they were afraid of him.' Philpott revealed several new details of last week's attack during a brief El Cajon Superior Court arraignment for Mohammed Abdulkareem, accused in the Feb. 29 shooting at Smile Plus Dentistry & Orthodontics. Abdulkareem, 29, pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and premeditated attempted murder. He faces well more than 100 years to life in prison if convicte
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