Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Mass.

Officers said they shot the man after he advanced on police and refused to drop his weapons

A Lowell, Massachusetts, man is dead after police said he charged at officers with a knife and meat cleaver Saturday night.

Two 911 callers reported a man at 75 Cambridge St. “threatening to kill everyone."

Officers said they shot the man after he advanced on police and refused to drop his weapons.

The man, later identified as Jose Perez, 39, of Lowell, was later pronounced dead at Lowell General Hospital, police said.

Neighbors said they heard shots around 11 p.m. Saturday night, and saw a man lying on the ground surrounded by police officers.

Police continue to investigate the circumstances of the shooting.

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