FAIRHAVEN, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Fairhaven on Friday night that left an Acushnet police officer injured and a former New Bedford Deputy Fire Chief dead, officials announced.
Officers were responding to a report of an intoxicated male at the Bayside Lounge at 125 Sconticut Neck Road around 5 p.m. when shots were exchanged between 55-year-old Paul Coderre and officers, according to the Fairhaven Police Department.
Coderre was killed in the exchange, which followed several attempts to end the confrontation with non-lethal force.
A responding officer was wounded in the leg and taken to an area hospital to be treated for their injuries. They have since been released.
In a statement, New Bedford Mayor Job Mitchell said, “This evening’s fatal shooting in Fairhaven was tragic in every sense. I am relieved that the officer who was injured will make a full recovery, and that no one else was seriously hurt.”
The Bristol District Attorney’s Office investigating the incident.
No additional information was immediately available.
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