US Edition2 Officers, Civilian Shot in Western Mass., DA Says
Two officers shot with non-life-threatening injuries and one civilian critically injured in an isolated incident, with no ongoing public safety threat, authorities said.
- On Wednesday, the Berkshire District Attorney's Office said an officer-involved shooting in Hinsdale, Massachusetts wounded two police officers and one civilian around 11 a.m.
- Prosecutors did not describe the circumstances of the shootings or identify the wounded officers or the injured civilian, and they did not say why officers initially responded to the scene.
- State Police detectives assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office are leading the investigation, and investigators and police vehicles were seen near at least one home after the shootings occurred hours following Stephen A. LaPorta, 43's weather-related crash.
- Authorities stressed there is no ongoing threat, the Berkshire District Attorney's Office said, and prosecutors will provide further updates as additional information becomes available.
- Regional outlets Western Mass News and The Globe covered the developing incident in Hinsdale, a small Berkshire County town just east of Pittsfield and about 15 miles from the New York border.
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Incident in Western Mass. leaves 2 police officers shot, another person in critical condition
Two police officers and a civilian were shot during an “isolated incident” in Hinsdale Wednesday morning, according to the Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office. The incident, which happened around 11 a.m., left the two officers with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, the district attorney’s office said. The civilian is in critical condition.
Two police officers and one person shot in Hinsdale
Hinsdale — According to Berkshire District Attorney’s Office Chief of Operations Julia Sabourin, on Wednesday, January 7 at around 11 a.m. two police officers, and one person were shot in an incident. Sabourin wrote in an email that the officers sustained nonlife threatening injuries, and the person who was shot is in critical condition. She wrote that there is no threat to public safety, and an investigation into the incident is being conducted…
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