US: Gunman shoots doctor at Johns Hopkins, then kills self

Baltimore: Police have said that a gunman who wounded a doctor at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore has shot and killed himself and a relative during a standoff with police.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the suspect and his relative died in a hospital room.

The standoff lasted more than two hours.

He said earlier that he did not know the relationship between the gunman - described as a man in his 30s - and the doctor. The hospital said in a statement that the doctor is a faculty physician but that it could not release more information because of privacy policies.