BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) – State police have identified the 25-year-old man who was wounded in a trooper-involved shooting in Brockton on Saturday morning.
Claude W. Brown-Madison was shot on Colonel Bell Drive just before 9 a.m. during a confrontation with an unnamed trooper next to a building that houses a residential complex, according to a state police spokesman.
Immediately after the shooting, state police say the trooper rendered first aid to Brown-Madison, who suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower body. He was later taken to Boston Medical Center.
The trooper was evaluated and released from Good Samaritan Hospital as has been placed on five days of standard administrative leave.
Brown-Madison is facing five criminal charges including, armed assault with intent to murder, assault by means of a dangerous weapon, committing a firearm violation while having a record that includes at least three prior violent or drug crimes, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm and/or ammunition without an FID card.
The Essex County District Attorney’s Office will prosecute Brown-Madison.
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