Wilbraham officer shot in standoff with police, suspect also shot, arrested

A Wilbraham Police officer was shot by a man who barricaded himself inside a house on Saturday night and was later arrested, according to the Massachusetts State Police Department.

Police exchanged gunfire with the man at a Wilbraham residence on Old Carriage Drive and requested assistance from the state police department around 8:40 p.m. on Saturday, officials said. The officer who suffered a gunshot wound was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, but was reported to be in stable condition Sunday morning.

State troopers and officers established a perimeter around the residence and put up a roadblock to isolate the residential road. Troopers from the department’s Crisis Negotiation Unit established an open phone line into the home before utilizing an armored vehicle with a battering ram to break a ground-level window and access the entrance to the residence.

The department’s Drone Unit sent in an aerial vehicle with video feed that showed the man inside a front breezeway with gunshot injuries, officials said. Troopers then entered the home and placed the man into custody, recovering a handgun and ammunition next to the man.

A pair of occupants were inside the Old Carriage Drive home when the man barricaded himself inside. They rescued by the department’s STOP Team after escaping onto the roof of the adjoined garage, police said.

No other information on the officer and man were immediately available. Police continue to investigate the incident.

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/s54gRSH