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Police in Weymouth, Massachusetts, say a person is in custody after a standoff Wednesday at a Putnam Street home. Authorities had warned the public to stay away from the area. Police told NBC10 Boston the suspect was believed to be armed and had pointed what appeared to be a gun at officers. Negotiations with the person inside the home were…

A man was arrested after a brief standoff with police at a business in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Friday morning, police said. Police were initially called to the business on Scotland Boulevard for a possible hostage situation involving a man with a gun at an office, officials said. Carl Lawrence, a 53-year-old from Bridgewater, had what was later determined to be a…

A standoff ended peacefully Friday night in Lowell, Massachusetts, according to police. The incident happened at a home on Methuen Street, beginning around 6 p.m. Police released few details Friday, but said a person was barricaded inside. A SWAT team used a battering ram to get in through the front door. The person who was inside has been taken into…

A Worcester, Massachusetts, man who is accused of shooting two family members before barricading himself inside a home for hours was arraigned Tuesday on assault to murder and other charges. According to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office, Caleb Boateng, 24, pleaded not guilty in Worcester District Court to a slew of charges, including two counts of armed assault to…

Numerous police officers, the fire department, paramedics, a hostage negotiation team, SWAT team, K9 unit, drone operators, and a mobile crisis mental health clinician all responded to a home in Worcester, Massachusetts, Friday morning after a 24-year-old man allegedly shot two family members and fired at police officers before barricading himself inside for hours. The standoff, which caused streets to…

A man who was barricaded for nearly 13 hours in a Worcester home Friday after allegedly shooting two family members has been arrested. The two shooting victims, who weren’t identified beyond being male and female, were rushed to a hospital from the home on Colby Avenue near Interstate 290, Worcester police said. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious their injuries…

A driver who led police on a chase is in a standoff with officers near a school in Ashburnham, Massachusetts State Police said. The driver, who is suspected of assaulting an officer with his vehicle in Winchendon earlier Thursday, was refusing to get out of the vehicle, police said. Crisis negotiators and a SWAT team were on the scene, according…