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Johns Hopkins Shooting Draws Comparisons to 'Grey's Anatomy' Finale

Sep 16, 2010 – 4:22 PM
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David Knowles

David Knowles Writer

(Sept. 16) -- Call it a case of life tragically imitating life.

A gunman enters a hospital, hunts down and shoots a doctor he believes has given shoddy care to a loved one. That scenario holds true both for Thursday's fatal incident at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and for the finale of the fictitious characters of the television show "Grey's Anatomy."

Police have identified Paul Warren Pardus as the shooter in the case, the Baltimore Sun reported, after initial reports incorrectly singled out a man named Warren Davis, which may have been an alias used by Pardus. Witnesses said the gunman was distraught after learning that his mother had been paralyzed at the hospital.

While details continued to emerge about the Baltimore shooting, the basic overlapping similarities with the "Grey's Anatomy" script were acknowledged by more than a few Twitter users.

The gunman at Johns Hopkins Hospital is reenacting a scene from the Grey's Anatomy finale. #CopyCatless than a minute ago via Echofon



Wow... Shooter at John Hopkins Hospital, man. Real Life Grey's Anatomy...that's so crazyless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone


Want to know the irony of the shooting happening at Johns Hopkins Hospital right now? Grey's Anatomy season finale gets re-aired tonight.less than a minute ago via web


Here is how the shooting scene played out on "Grey's Anatomy."

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