What we know about the fatal police shooting in Newton
By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated January 6, 2021, 12:23 p.m.
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The scene on Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands on Tuesday.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
It started around 1:43 p.m. Tuesday when a man allegedly walked into the Indulge! candy store in the Newton Highlands commercial district while carrying a knife, an action that a Newton police dispatcher interpreted as a robbery underway, officials said.
Just a few minutes after police received that first 911 call, Newton officers shot and fatally wounded the 28-year-old man who lived in an apartment above the candy store during a confrontation inside the building on Lincoln Street, officials said.