“Cop, suspect die as gunbattle ends jewelry heist” |
| Cop, suspect die as gunbattle ends jewelry heist Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:52 AM PST msnbc.com staff and news service reports msnbc.com staff and news service reports WOBURN, Mass. — A police officer responding to an attempted armed robbery at a department store's jewelry counter was shot dead in a gunfight, authorities said. A suspect also was killed. The shootings happened Sunday night at a Kohl's store in Woburn, a city of about 40,000 residents just north of Boston. The officer was shot while responding to a robbery in progress, police and prosecutors said. He was taken to a hospital in nearby Burlington, where he died.
One suspect was shot dead by responding officers, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone and Woburn police Chief Philip Mahoney said. "This is a horribly tragic incident in which an officer was fatally shot in the line of duty," Leone said in an e-mailed statement. He said his "thoughts and prayers" were with the family of the officer, whose identity wasn't disclosed because the family hadn't been notified. The Boston Herald reported that police officers armed with assault rifles and dogs were searching nearby stores and retail complexes for other suspects in the attempted robbery, which happened around 9 p.m., near closing time. A second suspect later was arrested by a state trooper, state police spokesman David Procopio said. Officers were investigating whether there was a third suspect, he said. The Associated Press and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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