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Looks like the guy was more concerned with how he looked than the 40 cal in his stomach..... (yes that's a cowboy hat on his head)
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) A police officer shot and wounded a knife-wielding man on Friday night, police said.
The victim was conscious when he was taken to Sturdy Memorial Hospital, and then to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. Police were still trying to confirm his identity early Saturday, Police Chief Richard Pierce said.
The shooting took place about at 10:15 p.m. when police responded to an apartment in a triple-decker at Pleasant and Holman Streets, near downtown.
The officers went to the second-floor apartment where they believed a 911 call had originated. They could hear noise inside the apartment and knocked on the door. A man opened the door partially and the officers could see he had a knife by his side, Pierce told The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro.
Patrolman James MacDonald, backing up, ordered the man to drop the knife but he kept coming forward toward the officer, Pierce said.
``The officer ordered him several times to drop the knife,'' Pierce said. ``The officer backed up at least 30 feet and up stairs and the man kept coming. The officer felt his life was in jeopardy and fired.''
The man was wounded in the side, Pierce told The Sun Chronicle.
The incident was under investigation.
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) A police officer shot and wounded a knife-wielding man on Friday night, police said.
The victim was conscious when he was taken to Sturdy Memorial Hospital, and then to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. Police were still trying to confirm his identity early Saturday, Police Chief Richard Pierce said.
The shooting took place about at 10:15 p.m. when police responded to an apartment in a triple-decker at Pleasant and Holman Streets, near downtown.
The officers went to the second-floor apartment where they believed a 911 call had originated. They could hear noise inside the apartment and knocked on the door. A man opened the door partially and the officers could see he had a knife by his side, Pierce told The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro.
Patrolman James MacDonald, backing up, ordered the man to drop the knife but he kept coming forward toward the officer, Pierce said.
``The officer ordered him several times to drop the knife,'' Pierce said. ``The officer backed up at least 30 feet and up stairs and the man kept coming. The officer felt his life was in jeopardy and fired.''
The man was wounded in the side, Pierce told The Sun Chronicle.
The incident was under investigation.
