BOSTON (AP) – A man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle shot two Boston police officers who were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance, before being shot and killed by other officers, police said.
The two wounded officers were hospitalized in “extremely critical condition” early Thursday morning.
“Domestic calls, as you know, are probably the most volatile. You never really know what you’re walking into,” said Police Commissioner William Evans. “And I think we see right now the dangers of our job.”
Evans said the suspect fired at the officers late Wednesday night shortly after they arrived at a home in the city’s East Boston neighborhood. Several other officers who were stationed outside ran inside and exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
“Two of the officers dragged their fellow officers out of the line of fire so they were in a protected zone, and the officers continued to engage in a gun exchange,” Evans said.