Suspect accused of shooting Boston police officer due in court

Updated: 5:20 AM EDT Mar 19, 2024

MATT, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM? ANTOINETTE. WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE SUSPECT, INCLUDING HIS NAME OR EVEN HIS AGE, BUT BOSTON POLICE SAY HE DID FIRE ONE SHOT HITTING THAT OFFICER WHO FIRED SHOTS FIRED. WE HAVE ONE OFFICER THAT WAS HIT IN THE VEST BY A GUNSHOT. BOSTON. POLICE SAY A 911 CALL CAME IN FOR A PERSON WITH A GUN. JUST AFTER 930 LAST NIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ESMOND AND BRADSHAW STREETS HERE IN DORCHESTER. POLICE TELL US RESPONDING OFFICERS APPROACHED THAT SUSPECT, WHO THEN FIRED. NOW, THE OFFICER THAT WAS SHOT WAS WEARING A BULLETPROOF VEST AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. COMMISSIONER COX SAYS OTHER RESPONDING OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET HIM MEDICAL TREATMENT WHILE ALSO ARRESTING THE SUSPECT AND RECOVERING A GUN ON SCENE. SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEVIN HAYDEN SAYS THIS IS JUST THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. AS YOU’VE HEARD US SAY IT, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE’RE WE’RE CONSTANTLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL GUNS ON OUR STREET AND THE WAY IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY, NOT JUST OFFICERS, THAT GETS SHOT BY ANYONE THAT GETS SHOT. AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECT WHEN HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED HERE IN DORCHESTER LATER THIS MORNING. REPORTING LIVE OUTSIDE DORCHESTER DISTRICT COURT, MATT REED WCVB NEWS CENTER FIVE. THANK YOU MATT. WE WILL OF COURSE, STAY ON TOP OF THIS BREAKING NEWS ALL MORNING LONG HERE ON THE EYEOPENE

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Suspect accused of shooting Boston police officer due in court

Updated: 5:20 AM EDT Mar 19, 2024

A Boston police officer is recovering after he was shot Monday night in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, authorities said.

A Boston police officer is recovering after he was shot Monday night in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, authorities said.

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