An unemployed doctor charged with fatally shooting a Yale University doctor was found with documents on two other people involved in his dismissal from a New York hospital and 1,000 rounds of ammunition when he was arrested, police said on Tuesday.
Wang Lishan, 44, was arraigned on Tuesday and held on US$2 million bail in the killing of Vajiinder Toor. The two had worked together at the hospital in New York City. Toor, originally from India, was shot five times on Monday outside his home.
Printouts on two other people directly involved in Wang’s dismissal were found in his van when he was arrested nearby, police said. The names were not disclosed.
Police said directions and a pedigree were also in the van, but the report blacks out further details. A pedigree typically involves details about a person such as where they live and work. Police Lieutenant. Geoffrey Morgan said investigators did not know what Wang intended to do with the information.
A wig, a hammer and a knife were also found in the van, police said.
Wang was found with handguns matching shell casings from the slaying scene, prosecutor Devant Joiner said in court. Investigators also found loaded magazines, Google directions to the shooting location and a picture of the victim, Joiner said.
Police say Wang also shot at Toor’s pregnant wife, but missed.
Wang is charged with murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses.
Wang had a history of confrontations with Toor and other colleagues at Kingsbrook that led to his dismissal, and he had a federal discrimination lawsuit pending against the hospital.
Wang hung his head throughout Tuesday’s hearing and did not speak. No plea was entered. A Chinese citizen from Beijing, Wang was assisted by a Mandarin interpreter.
Wang’s public defender, Scott Jones, requested his client be placed in protective custody.
A judge found probable cause to hold Wang. The next hearing was set for May 11.
Wang is a married father of three, and his last known address was in Georgia.
Toor was a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale School of Medicine who was working with the infectious disease section of Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Although police have not said whether they believe a specific recent incident triggered Wang’s alleged actions, records show his lawsuit against Kingsbrook had been heating up. The hospital’s attorneys asked a judge this month to dismiss the case, and they were wrangling with Wang over how much he had to disclose about his income and prescription history.
Wang worked from 2002 through 2005 at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, according to court records, before joining Kingsbrook for residency training in 2006.
Wang’s 2008 firing was the start of several setbacks, according to filings in his federal lawsuit.
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