KINGSTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting outside a shopping center in Kingston early Tuesday morning that left a suspect hospitalized.
Two officers responding to a 911 call from a security guard patrolling the Kingston Collection just before 3 a.m. found a 25-year-old man “acting threatening and erratically,” and brandishing a knife according to Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz.
The suspect allegedly threatened the officers and after attempting de-escalation, one officer shot the man in the shoulder, officials said.
“I think the police officers did a variety of things in order to try to quell the situation,” Cruz said.
The man, later identified as Alexander Bakutis, 25, of Plymouth, was taken to Boston Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. He was charged with three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and is expected to be arraigned remotely in Plymouth District Court on Wednesday.
One officer was also hospitalized out of an abundance of caution and later released. He will be on administrative leave during the investigation.
“It’s an unfortunate event,” Cruz said. “Obviously, police officers nowadays have very challenging decisions that they make and now we’re going to do our investigation, do our job and see where that takes us.”
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