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Hospital Employee Brings High-Powered Rifle To Mass General, Says God Told Him To: Police Hospital Employee Brings High-Powered Rifle To Mass General, Says God Told Him To: Police
Hospital Employee Brings High-Powered Rifle To Mass General, Says God Told Him To: Police An employee of Massachusetts General Hospital brought a high-powered rifle to his place of work after calling 911, saying that "he heard God tell him that he needed to bring his rifle out if he wanted to avoid being shot" and that "police were out to kill him," according to a police report. Reports of a man experiencing a mental breakdown while carrying a hunting rifle sent Boston police to an apartment building at 36 Fleet Street in Boston at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, according to police documents. The man is an employee of the hospital, a representative for Massachus…