Updated on May 10, 2021 at 3:25 pm
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Authorities gave an update Monday on the fatal shooting of a man who allegedly rammed his SUV into the police station in Leicester, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning.
The man has been identified as 24-year-old Zachary Richardson, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The incident took place around 6 a.m., and while authorities offered new details Monday, some questions still remain.
Nearly all of the SUV was inside the station when the man got out and pointed what appeared to be a rifle at officers, Early said.
Updated on May 10, 2021 at 3:22 pm
NBC Universal, Inc.
Authorities gave an update Monday on the fatal shooting of a man who allegedly rammed his SUV into the police station in Leicester, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning.
The man has been identified as 24-year-old Zachary Richardson, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.
Download our mobile app for iOS to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The incident took place around 6 a.m., and while authorities offered new details Monday, some questions still remain.
Nearly all of the SUV was inside the station when the man got out and pointed what appeared to be a rifle at officers, Early said.
Man Killed After Allegedly Ramming Leicester Police Station Is Identified Staff Reports
Zachary Richardson.
Authorities gave an update Monday on the fatal shooting of a man who allegedly rammed his SUV into the police station in Leicester, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning.
The man has been identified as 24-year-old Zachary Richardson, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.
The incident took place around 6 a.m., and while authorities offered new details Monday, some questions still remain.
Nearly all of the SUV was inside the station when the man got out and pointed what appeared to be a rifle at officers, Early said.
Updated: 5:09 PM EDT May 10, 2021 Investigators have publicly identified a man who was shot and killed by police after he drove a vehicle into the front of the Leicester Police Station, rammed the doors and later pointed what appeared to be a firearm at responding officers.Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. s Office identified the man as Zachary Richardson, 24, of Leicester. “All and all he was a good kid,” said Wayne Dufault, who knew Richardson. “I don’t think anyone really seen it coming.”“He just seems like somebody who may have gone down the wrong path,” said Zackery Squires, who also knew Richardson. Early said Richardson crashed into the front of the station with an SUV at 6:13 a.m. Sunday and then repeatedly drove into the front doors until he gained entry into the building.Leicester police Chief Kenneth Antanavica says the front doors to the police station are made of steel and both open outward. He says the man drove his SUV up the
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LEICESTER, Mass. Leicester Police officers fatally shot a man who repeatedly rammed his SUV into the front doors of the police station and aimed a rifle at officers early Sunday morning, said the Worcester County District Attorney.
The man, in his early 20s, had driven his vehicle through the closed steel doors of the police station. He repeatedly struck the double doors just after 6 a.m. Sunday, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. “We’re very fortunate that no one else was hurt,” he said, Boston Herald reported.
Almost the entire vehicle was inside the station’s lobby after the man drove his vehicle up the handicapped-accessible ramp and rammed the doors several times, the DA said.