Irish doctor and woman shot dead in US hospital

A PROMINENT Irish cardiologist was one of two people shot dead yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Dr Brian McGovern and an unidentified woman who worked at the hospital were taken to the emergency room, but both were pronounced dead.

Neither police nor hospital officials would comment on a motive for the shooting. Although they would not confirm that the double shooting was a murder-suicide, police said they were not seeking any suspects.