Boston Hospital Gunman Shoots Doctor, Kills Self

BOSTON (AP) — Police have identified the gunman who shot a doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston before shooting himself.

Fifty-five-year-old Stephen Pasceri of Millbury was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a hospital examination room Tuesday after he apparently shot the doctor twice.

The hospital, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, says the doctor sustained life threatening injuries and was in surgery Tuesday evening. It declined to release his name, at the request of his family.

Police say Pasceri entered the hospital's cardiovascular center and specifically sought out the doctor.

The shootings prompted a temporary lockdown of the hospital unit, nearby streets and subway.

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