MALDEN, MASS. (WHDH) - A man shot by police during an altercation in Malden on Thursday is being held pending a dangerousness hearing, officials said.
Steve Brawley, 62, of Malden, was arraigned from Massachusetts General Hospital on two charges of assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly assaulting a state trooper and a Malden officer with a knife, according to a statement from Middlesex District Attorney’s office.
Judge Emily A. Karstetter ordered Brawley held pending a dangerousness hearing on Nov. 17.
Officers responding to a request for support in the area of Beach and Lynn streets on Thursday following a disturbance at a Stop and Shop in Revere found Brawley brandishing a knife, prosecutors said.
Brawley allegedly attempted to stab a trooper and Malden officer at the scene, prompting the trooper to fire his service weapon.
Brawley was placed under arrest and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
The officers involved were evaluated at an area hospital and then released.
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