>> reporter: the news sending shock waves through the small town. the police are saying the cop made it up. >> no. seriously? >> reporter: yeah, seriously. >> how is that even possible? >> reporter: and that's what police are trying to figure out. millis police, state police detectives spending the entire day scouring an area off forest road looking for more evidence. they never found any. when the ballistic report came back they determine the only shots fired came from the police officer's own weapon and the mysterious man in the pickup truck the officer said opened fire on him police say never existed. it's almost too much for people in town to take in. you saw the cops around here, the helicopter, the s.w.a.t. team. >> from almost every town. >> reporter: and now you hear it's all fake. >> that's kind of crazy. >> kind of crazy is right. that was bob ward reporting from boston affiliate wfxt. the officers' name will not be made public until he's formally charged. still to come, ivanka and ma lan ya, are they donald's trump