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An American doctor has been killed after being shot by a man who later turned the gun on himself at a Boston hospital.
Dr. Michael J. Davidson, 44, died of his injuries after undergoing surgery late Tuesday, Brigham and Women's Hospital confirmed in a statement.
"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," read the statement.
"It is truly devastating that his own life was taken in this horrible manner," it added.
Davidson, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, was also the director of endovascular cardiac surgery at the hospital.
Police identified the shooter as Stephen Pasceri, 55, who came onto the second floor of the hospital, where the cardiovascular unit is, and requested to see the doctor.
He then shot the doctor twice just outside an examination room before taking his own life, according to Police Commissioner William Evans.
Pasceri was not a patient of the doctor.
"We're in the process of talking to witnesses, but it's leading us to believe there was something in the past that upset this guy, that made him go in and look for this particular doctor," Evans said.
Identifying the family of the shooter, Boston Police Department notified that Davidson had treated Pasceri's mother, who had recently died.
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