Surgeon killed in shooting at Orlando hospital
by The Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a murder-suicide in a parking garage at Florida Hospital in Orlando left a doctor and the gunman dead.

Police spokeswoman Lt. Barbara Jones identified the doctor as 41-year-old Dmitriy Nikitin. Hospital officials say Nikitin was a multi-organ transplant surgeon.

Jones said the gunman's identity was being withheld, pending notification of next of kin.

Police have released few details about the shooting Thursday evening. It's not clear how the gunman knew Nikitin.

The shooting occurred near the elevators on the first floor of the garage used by employees and patients' families.

Nikitin also taught at the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine. Last year, he was part of a surgical team that set a Florida Hospital record for the most number of transplants ever done in a weekend.