The victims were two doctors, a receptionist and mother of two boys, and a devoted husband and veteran, family and officials said.
The shooter was targeting Dr. Preston Phillips, who he blamed for pain after a back surgery in, Police Chief Wendell Franklin said. A letter that was later found on the gunman “made it clear that he came in with the intent to kill Dr. Phillips and anyone who got in his way,” Franklin said.
Husen and Phillips were killed along with Amanda Glenn and another man whose wife was a patient, William Love.
Dr. Preston Phillips:
Dr. Preston Phillipsa graduate of Harvard Medical School, He was an orthopedic surgeon with interest in spinal surgery and joints reconstruction.
Cliff Robertson, the president and CEO of Saint Francis Health System, remembered Phillips as a doctor who felt a real calling to his profession and the care of his patients
“The fact that some individual would go after Dr. Phillips is mind-blowing,” Robertson said at a news conference. “He’s one of those folks ... his clinic cannot always be on time, because he will spend every minute with patients that they need.”
Robertson called Phillips' death "the ultimate loss for Saint Francis and for Tulsa." He was only 59 when he was killed.
Dr. Stephanie Husen:
Reckenbeil, a lawyer in Greenville, South Carolina, remembered her as a caring and empathetic physician. The two met in Oklahoma City when Husen was a physical therapist about to start medical school.
The car accident and the terrible foot injury had given her a new perspective, he said.
Amanda Dawn Glenn:
Described by her family as a devoted wife and mother, “Amanda always put everyone else first,” police said Glenn, who had been in the medical field for 18 years, was working as a receptionist at the office when the gunman attacked
“She was the happiest just being with her family, with the most amazing love for her boys and husband,” the statement distributed by police said.
William Love:
William Love was fatally shot as he helped his wife of 54 years, Deborah Love, according to his family. “William Love’s family would like us to share that at the time of shooting, William heard the gunshots and knew his wife would not be able to escape the building on her own. He sacrificed his life for her,” police said.
William Love was retired from the Army, in which he served 27 years. He was a first sergeant and served a tour in Vietnam.
“My dad was always a protector of his wife, daughters, grandkids and great-grandkids,” his daughter Karen Denise Love said in a statement.
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