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Police: Doctor In Life-Threatening Condition, Suspect Dead In Boston Hospital Shooting

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A doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is in life-threatening condition after being shot twice inside the Boston hospital Tuesday morning.Boston Police say they received multiple calls reporting a shooting around 11 Tuesday morning. Commissioner William Evans says a male doctor was shot twice before police found the man believed to be the suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the hospital with a gun beside him.

“We know he came into the hospital on the second floor asking for this particular doctor,” Evans said. “Why and for whatever reason – that’s something we are looking into.”

It’s not believed the shooter was a patient of the doctor. Evans says police secured the entire scene within 15 minutes.

Audio courtesy of New England Cable News.

Jim was WAMC’s Assistant News Director and hosted WAMC's flagship news programs: Midday Magazine, Northeast Report and Northeast Report Late Edition.