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Officer-involved shooting
Police & Fire
Mass Man Killed In Police Shootout In Maine After Multistate Chase
A 52-year-old Cape Cod man is dead after leading police on a multi-state chase before crashing his truck and charging officers with a knife, authorities said. Kenneth Ellis, whose last known address was in Hyannis, began running from New Hampshire authorities early Wednesday morning, Jan. 31, before crossing into Maine, Fryburg (Maine) police said in a news release sent to local media. Fryeburg Police Chief Aaron Mick explained what happened next. On Tuesday, the Fryeburg Police Department was notified by New Hampshire authorities that they were chasing a black pickup tru…
Police & Fire
Woman, 56, Dies In Officer-Involved Shooting In South Massachusetts: Police
Authorities are investigating after a 56-year-old woman was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Southern Massachusetts this weekend. Officers responded for a well-being check at 32 Spooner Street in Easton after a man from Ashland called police saying his mother allegedly injected herself with a dangerous amount of insulin in an attempt to commit suicide, NBC10 Boston reports. This happened around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5, according to Easton Police Chief Keith Boone. Upon arrival, officers encountered a 56-year-old woman, later identified as Marianne Griffith…
Police & Fire
Anger Growing Over Officer-Involved Shooting Of Cambridge Student
Dozens of people gathered on Monday, Jan. 9, to protest the officer-involved killing of UMass student Sayad Faisal last week and grieve the loss of a community member that they said had big dreams and was working to make them a reality. The Bangladesh Association of New England and other groups led the protest to denounce police brutality and call out officers for not seeking less lethal means to deal with the young man. A Cambridge officer shot Faisal a little after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4., after he jumped through a window in the Cambridgeport area and began cutting himself with b…
Police & Fire
Officials ID 20-Year-Old Man Killed Cambridge In Officer-Involved Shooting
The Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said her office would conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Cambridge Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 4, that left a man dead. Sayed Faisal, 20, of Cambridge, was identified as the man killed in the shooting after he approached police with a large knife that he had used to harm himself, Ryan said during a late-evening press conference to discuss the investigation. Cambridge police and paramedics first saw Faisal a little after 1 p.m. when they found him bleeding in an alley on Sidney Street, Ryan said. …
Police & Fire
Springfield Police Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting (
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Springfield police announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, that it would open an investigation into an officer-involved shooting that happened earlier that morning. Police have released few details about what happened so far, and it's unclear what led up to the shooting. The shooting happened around 7:20 a.m. in the Woodside Terrace area, Springfield Police said in a statement. Responders took the suspect to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, where he was arrested on numerous charges, authorities said. Springfield police did not release the names of the officer o…
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