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Dr. Michael Davidson, the director of endovascular cardiac
surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, died as a result of the
morning shooting that occurred at the Shapiro Cardiovascular
Center, the hospital said in a statement late on Tuesday.
The motive for the shooting was unclear. The city's Police
Commissioner William Evans told reporters that the shooter, also
male, had asked for his victim by name before the attack.
"There was a particular reason why he targeted this doctor,"
Evans told reporters.
The suspect turned the gun on himself after shooting Davidson,
Evans said. Police said they had recovered the weapon used in
the incident.
Brigham & Women's, located in downtown Boston amid a cluster of
major healthcare facilities, is a teaching hospital for Harvard
Medical School.
"Dr. Davidson was a wonderful and inspiring cardiac surgeon who
devoted his career to saving lives and improving the quality of
life of every patient he cared for," the hospital statement
said. "It is truly devastating that his own life was taken in
this horrible manner."
(Reporting by Scott Malone and Richard Valdmanis; Additional
reporting by Curtis Skinner; Editing by Susan Heavey and
Christian Plumb)
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