EVERETT, MASS. (WHDH) - Residents were urged to avoid a neighborhood in Everett Wednesday due to a tense standoff situation.
Police were called to the scene at an apartment building on Woodland Street shortly before 11 a.m. for reports of a domestic disturbance.
Upon arrival, officers entered the apartment and found a 47-year-old man, whose name was not released, brandishing a firearm.
Over the course of the day, negotiators tried to reason with the man in an attempt to get him to peacefully leave the building but eventually, pepper-sprayed him, according to a release issued by the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office.
The man, then allegedly tried to charge police and exit the home in possession of the firearm.
The incident concluded around 4 p.m. when an officer struck the man with a “less-lethal munition” but failed.
That is when the district attorney’s office said an officer fired his gun.
Witnesses said they saw a man hanging out of one of the windows and then heard the gunfire.
They said they saw a man being wheeled out of the building on a stretcher and placed into an ambulance with police following close behind.
Officials said the man was taken to a Boston hospital where he underwent surgery.
Two officers were also transported to an area hospital for evaluation.
An active investigation is underway, Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria said in a tweet around 12:45 p.m.
No additional details were immediately available.
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