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Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA
Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA A Springfield man who shot a Massachusetts state trooper on New Year's Eve 2020 will spend the next 12 to 15 years behind bars, a judge ruled on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Christopher Gardner, 34, was accused of shooting the state trooper around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2020. The trooper was responding to the area of Nursery and Stafford streets when a bullet blasted through his patrol car's door and into his leg, police said at the time.  Gardner was in a fight with another man when the shooting began, police said. When Springfield police arrived, he fired at them as well. One bullet went th…

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by Khier Casino
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Duo Nabbed After Shooting In Western Mass Duo Nabbed After Shooting In Western Mass
Duo Nabbed After Shooting In Western Mass Two men were arrested following an alleged assault and shooting in Western Massachusetts. Hampden County residents Mario Santiago, age 31, of Chicopee, and Josiah Finlay, age 27, of Springfield, were arrested around 1:45 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 12, after police responded to a report of shots fired in Springfield. According to Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police, when officers arrived in the 400 block of Albany Street, they located two victims.  One victim was punched. The second victim told officers that three men reportedly pointed firearms at him, Walsh said. An inves…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed For Opening Fire Outside CT State Capitol Suspect Nabbed For Opening Fire Outside CT State Capitol
Suspect Nabbed For Opening Fire Outside CT State Capitol Police arrested a man on charges he fired gunshots into Connecticut's Capitol building in Hartford over Memorial Day weekend. Hartford County resident Floyd Gollnick, age 74, of Southington, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 24, for Capitol shooting, although he already was being held on charges from similar incidents in the area on the night of Sunday, May 30, said the Connecticut State Police. State Police said Gollnick fired numerous shots from the driver's seat of his truck parked on Capitol Avenue.  There were no injures and the bullet holes were not discovered until Tuesday, June 1 by a…

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by Kathy Reakes