"Canton police issued a shelter-in-place for residences in the area where a woman was shot Monday night as police actively search for an armed suspect. "Police do not believe this was a random act of violence, and significant mutual aid resources are in Canton conducting a search for the suspect," Interim Police Chief Joseph Perkins said in a statement. Police responded to a report of a person shot at the Lamplighter Village apartment complex, near the intersection of Turnpike Street and Stagecoach Road, around 6:40 p.m."
"Around 8:30 p.m., police said residents of the Canton Woods Apartments and Lamplighter Village apartments and any homes and businesses from Tracywood Road south to the Stoughton town line should shelter in place. Police described the suspect as "Black skinned, late teens or early 20s, with a skinny build, about 5'5" to 5'6" tall, clean shaven wearing a black beanie hat." Canton police reported a significant law enforcement presence on Turnpike Street, which becomes Washington Street in Stoughton, also known as Massachusetts Route 138."
A woman in her 20s was shot while seated in the driver's seat of her vehicle at the Lamplighter Village apartment complex in Canton around 6:40 p.m. She was waiting to meet someone when a man approached and fired into the vehicle; a second occupant was not injured. The victim was transported to a Boston hospital with serious injuries. Police do not believe the shooting was random and have mobilized significant mutual aid to search for the armed suspect. A shelter-in-place was issued for nearby residences and businesses, and officers maintained a strong presence along Turnpike Street.
Read at Boston.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]