"Once again, this incident highlights the dangers police face in encounters with armed individuals. The suspect has a violent history and the officers were just doing their job on a brutally cold night trying to protect the community," Quinn said. "Through the grace of God all of the officers lives were spared. I am grateful for their service and professionalism under the most difficult of circumstances."
""fully automatic, capable of firing multiple rounds with one trigger pull," prosecutors said."
""began to violently resist,""
Police responded to Linden Street in Fall River after a 911 call reported a person with a firearm in a vehicle. Three officers approached an SUV and conducted a pat frisk, during which the man allegedly began to violently resist and a physical struggle ensued. The man then allegedly pulled a gun and fired, striking one officer in the elbow and another whose bullet struck his vest in the abdomen area. Officers shot the man; he was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead. A Glock with a switch making it fully automatic was found nearby.
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