Officers safely removed the victims from the house, but found themselves under a hail of bullets when they tried to cuff the suspect.
have been negotiating with the unidentified 24-year-old man since he fired at his relatives just before 8:30 a.m. in their Colby Avenue home.
Officers were able to safely remove the male and female victims from the house, but found themselves under a hail of bullets when they tried to cuff the suspect. “During their attempts to take him into custody, he fired rounds at the officers — thankfully not striking any of them,” Worcester Police Lt. Sean Murtha said during a press conference.Hostage negotiators and a mental health clinician have been working the scene for more than 10 hours.The 24-year-old man fired at police when they tried to arrest him.“We do have some potential phone numbers to call,” Murtha said. “We have a loudspeaker. There are various ways that we can attempt to make contact.
Police have shut down roads connected to Colby Avenue and used a reverse 911 system to contact neighbors as a precaution.
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