WARWICK, R.I. -- A carjacking that began in Attleboro ends with a suspect shot and a police officer injured. A spokesman for the police in Pawtucket, Rhode Island says the department was alerted shortly after midnight to an armed carjacking just over the border in Massachusetts. Before long, a Pawtucket officer spotted the vehicle heading south on Interstate 95 and gave chase. The chase came to an end near a highway exit in Warwick. Police say the driver of the carjacked vehicle was shot in the ensuing confrontation and a police officer was hurt. The nature of the officer's injuries is not known. Both were taken to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.
ATTLEBORO -- A knife-wielding woman carjacked two teenagers early yesterday, then led police on a chase at speeds of up to 90 miles per hour that ended on a Rhode Island highway ramp, where she was fatally shot by an officer who was pinned between his cruiser and her vehicle, law enforcement officials said.
State Police, who said it was unusual for a woman to be at the center of such a violent crime, identified the suspect as Bridget DeGrafft, also known as Bridget Baron, 49, whose last known address was near the Attleboro intersection where the carjacking took place. Her motive was under investigation, State Police Major Steven O'Donnell said during a press conference. Nothing was found among the woman's possessions that would explain her behavior, he said. Law-enforcement officials said she had a history of petty crime. The carjacking happened just before 1 a.m., when 18-year-old Joseph Monast was driving home with his friend, 17-year-old Matthew Diomede, both of whom will be seniors this fall at Attleboro High School. Monast stopped to let a woman cross Locust Street, but, instead of crossing, the woman suddenly turned and loudly demanded that the teenagers get out of Monast's black 1996 Honda Passport. She kept her left hand behind her back and never made eye contact. GLOBE MAP: Carjacker chase
"Are you serious?" Diomede said he shouted at her. " 'Yeah, I'm [expletive] serious,' " he quoted the woman as shouting. " 'Get out of the car!' " Both started to get out of the sport utility vehicle, but Monast left it in drive, and when it started to roll, both jumped in again. Suddenly, the woman moved from in front of the car to right next to Monast, trapping him in the driver's seat, he said. That was when Monast saw that the woman was holding a knife with a 13 1/2-inch blade. "I was terrified," he said in an interview. "I didn't know what she was going to do."
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