Shooting at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital
| BOSTON
A man suspected of shooting a doctor at a major聽Boston聽hospital聽on Tuesday later died of a "self-inflicted" gunshot wound, the city's Police Commissioner聽William Evans聽said, adding that the incident was over.
The victim in the shooting at Brigham &聽Women's聽hospital, a male doctor, sustained "life threatening"聽injuries, police said. Police added that they had recovered the gun used in the incident.
The motive for the shooting was unclear, but Evans told reporters that the shooter, also male, had asked for his victim by name before attacking him.
"There was a particular reason why he targeted this doctor," Evans told reporters.
Police have yet to identify the shooter or the victim, who Evans said is being treated in the emergency room at Brigham & Women's.
Brigham & Women's, located in downtown聽Boston聽amid a cluster of major healthcare facilities, is a teaching聽hospital聽for聽Harvard Medical School.
(Reporting by Scott Malone and Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Susan Heavey and 海角大神 Plumb)
