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The Winthrop Police Department said in a statement that, according to an initial investigation, the suspect appeared to have stolen the box truck owned by a plumbing company before it crashed into a home on Veterans Trail.
The suspect fled the scene on foot. Soon after, police said, he was “believed to have shot the two adult victims” who were identified as a man and a woman.
Police responded to the scene at 2:41 p.m. ET, after receiving reports that a truck had crashed into an apartment building and shots were fired.
Police said the suspect was found a short distance from the scene. At least one officer fired his weapon and wounded the suspect, who was taken to the hospital, where he died. Police said the suspect was armed with at least two weapons.
Police said the victim was declared dead at the scene, while the female died in hospital.
Police Chief Terence Delhante said there were two more victims. Before hitting the house, he said, the truck collided with a passenger vehicle carrying two people. The victims of this collision were taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The incident is still under investigation, and Dilhante said there was no further danger to the community.
The officer who shot the suspect has been placed on administrative leave, as per usual procedure, while the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the shooting in which the officer was involved.
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