LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - An officer shot his firearm after a man robbing a person in a wheelchair brandished his own gun in Lawrence on Saturday, police said.
A sergeant on patrol in the area of Broadway and Haverhill Street at 2:40 p.m. interrupted a man trying to rob a person in a wheelchair, police said.
“He pulled out a gun, but little did he know there was a cop at the light seeing the whole thing,” the victim told 7News
When the suspect reached into his waistband and brandished a gun, the officer shot his own firearm, according to police.
The suspect was not injured and was arrested. His name has not been released.
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