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A gunman and another died after a confrontation with police following the shooting of an officer in Brockton, Massachusetts, authorities said Thursday evening.
The officer was shot four times, including in his Kevlar vest, after responding to reports of a man with a gun on Taber Avenue around 5:45 p.m., the county prosecutor said from Plymouth, Timothy Cruz.
A strong police escort was on site when the officer was taken to Boston Medical Center. The nature of his injuries was not immediately clear, but they are not believed to be life threatening, Cruz said.
The man who shot the officer barricaded himself inside a house, and national and local police attempted to negotiate with him. But Cruz said the man shot himself in front of the house around 9:30 p.m. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Additionally, Cruz said another man was found dead from a gunshot wound in an SUV “near” the Taber Avenue house. He did not say how this related to the police shooting and the standoff, but noted that investigators did not think the incident was random.
A policeman injured in a shooting in Brockton was taken to Boston Medical Center.
Cruz added that he did not believe that any of the police at the scene shot anyone. The names of the injured officer and the two men who died were not disclosed on Thursday, he said.
“My thoughts as mayor and as a longtime Brocktonian are with the brave person who took four shots tonight,” said Mayor Robert Sullivan. “We are very grateful and hope that he will recover quickly and our prayers are with him and his family at this time.”
As the incident unfolded Thursday evening, large numbers of police and other first responders flooded the area at two stages nearby Brockton.
A police officer was shot dead in Brockton, Massachusetts, and one person was barricaded inside a house.
Neighbors told NBC10 Boston they were shaken by the shooting, reconsidering the safety of the neighborhood.
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