Train pervert took a punch from officer

A DOCTOR suffering from depression tried to buy a shotgun and then drove to a Bronx hospital where he used to work. Then he leaped to his death in a case eerily reminiscent of a fatal shooting last month at another hospital in the borough.

After Dr. Gabriel Goodwin killed himself at Montefiore Medical Center on Friday, police found in his car a large knife, a trench coat and a receipt that indicates he tried to buy a shotgun earlier that day, police sources said.

Detectives are trying to figure out whether Goodwin, 35, was going to storm Montefiore, but have yet to find evidence that was his intent, sources said.

“We’re still investigating his recent actions,” one of the sources said. “Right now, we’re treating it as an apparent suicide. There’s no indication that he was planning anything involving other people, that we’re aware of.”

On July 1, Dr. Henry Bello showed up at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, where he used to work, and shot seven people, killing a doctor, before shooting himself to death.

The length of a shotgun makes it an unlikely weapon for suicide, but Goodwin’s wife, a pediatrician, said she knows in her heart that he had only one intention.

“I don’t know what happened that day,” said Dr. Shelly Waldman-Goodwin, 42. “But I know for sure that he wanted to harm himself and no one else. He never had a problem with anyone. He would not hurt a fly.”

Goodwin, an anesthesiologist, drove to Montefiore and pulled into the parking garage. Around 7 p.m., he jumped about 50 feet from the garage roof, sources said. He died in the hospital at 7:38 p.m.

As part of its routine investigation, the NYPD searched Goodwin’s car. They found a receipt, from the same day, for a Benelli Nova pump-action shotgun, a weapon that goes for about $400.

But the source said the transaction was never completed, though it wasn’t clear if there was a problem with Goodwin’s credit card or if his mental health issues had precluded him from buying one.

His wife believes the attempted purchase — at a Long Island gun shop — was likely flagged because of his mental health issues.

“I would like to see the laws changed so that if someone is unable to buy a gun because of their mental illness, the police are alerted and someone responds and evaluates,” she said. “I think this could save many people’s lives.

“If that had happened, I think maybe my husband would still be alive.”

Police did find in Goodwin’s car a gun case, a large Bowie knife, which is double-edged at the point, a black trench coat and a beige bucket hat.

A relative who asked not to be named said Goodwin had friends at Montefiore.

“There’s no reason he would harm anyone (there). He’s not violent, he never threatened anyone,” the relative said.

“He wouldn’t even know what to do with a knife. He couldn’t handle a shotgun . . . . There was too much stress in his life, and we just knew he was depressed at times,” the relative added. Surveillance video showed Goodwin entering the garage before he killed himself. He appeared to be alone, sources said.

Goodwin lived in Huntington, L.I., and doted on his 8-year-old daughter and sons, ages 6 and 3.

His wife said he was supposed to return to work at Montefiore — which he left two years ago after completing his residency — as soon as his mental health improved.

“My husband was a good soul suffering from severe depression,” she said.

Montefiore spokesman Rachel McCallen said in a statement: “Our hearts go out to the family during this difficult time.”

Friends and colleagues, meanwhile, had already raised for his family $25,000 on YouCaring.com. A MAN WHO police say groped an off-duty officer on a Queens train was socked in the face by his victim, police sources said Monday.

The suspect allegedly rubbed his genitals against her shoulder on a Manhattan-bound 7 train at 10:20 a.m. Friday.

The officer, who was headed to work and on the phone with her fiancé at the time of the incident, identified herself as a cop and tried to detain the man while she called 911, police sources said.

The pervert swung his arms, twisted his body and pushed and pulled against the officer, according to a criminal complaint made public late Sunday. She punched him during the scuffle, sources said.

When the train pulled into the 40th St.-Lowery St. station in Sunnyside, the officer clung to the man’s shirt, but he wriggled out of it and ran off.

He left his backpack behind and cops caught up with him a few hours later, ultimately arresting him, officials said.

The officer went to a nearby hospital for bruising and intense pain to her hands and knees, prosecutors said.

The suspect's last name is Kamruzzaman. Authorities have not yet determined his first name.

He is charged with sexual abuse, assault, forcible touching, obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and public lewdness.