Brockton (CBS) – A Brockton police officer was killed four times and two men killed after an hours-long standoff Thursday night.
Officers were called to a house on Tapper Street to report gunshots fired around 5:45 p.m. While the police were investigating, another man was found dead with gunshot wounds inside a silver SUV that was parked near the house. Then a Brockton police officer was injured four times, including in a Kevlar jacket. He was taken to Boston Medical Center where he spent the night and is expected to make a full recovery. It has not been released in his name.
A SWAT team responds to the Taber Ave shooting. in Brockton (WBZ-TV)
Then the suspect holed up inside the house for several hours. The SWAT team was called up and the police negotiated with it. Eventually, he got out at about 9:30 p.m. and then shot himself, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz. The unidentified man was taken to the hospital, where he died.
Sean Banyon told WBZ-TV that he has known the man since they were kids.
“I was with his father for some time and they were negotiating back and forth and from my understanding the negotiators actually said he was out. So I was happy, she was preparing to finish in peace. I kept praying left and right, just get out, give in, you know you’re going to jail, but you’ll stay on Alive. You don’t have to come out on bad terms, and kill yourself.”
There has been no information yet on the man being found dead in the car outside the house. Police do not believe it was a random shooting.
The suspect outside Tapper Ave’s home during the confrontation. (WBZ-TV)
Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan said he and Police Chief Manny Gomez will visit the injured officer at the hospital on Friday.
“It also shows the serious nature of law enforcement, we have very brave men and women serving Brockton Police every day,” Mayor Sullivan said.
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