Police in Massachusetts Authorities said a woman who was allegedly carrying a weapon was shot and killed after a family member requested a health check-up.
Police Chief Keith Boone said in a statement that officers in the city of Easton found a 56-year-old woman with a weapon in a home. He did not say what kind of weapon he was carrying.
relative who 911 is called Shortly before noon the woman said she was threatening to harm herself.
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Police said that after officers had evacuated other residents from the home and set up a perimeter, the woman approached the front door with a weapon.
A Massachusetts woman was shot and killed by police after her family requested a health checkup.
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An Easton police officer fired a single shot.
Members of a regional police response team later entered the home and found the woman dead inside. His name was not released.
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The officer has been placed on administrative leave and the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Checkingsaid in the statement.