Updated on May 10, 2021 at 3:25 pm
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Authorities gave an update Monday on the fatal shooting of a man who allegedly rammed his SUV into the police station in Leicester, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning.
The man has been identified as 24-year-old Zachary Richardson, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The incident took place around 6 a.m., and while authorities offered new details Monday, some questions still remain.
Nearly all of the SUV was inside the station when the man got out and pointed what appeared to be a rifle at officers, Early said.
Updated on May 10, 2021 at 3:22 pm
NBC Universal, Inc.
Authorities gave an update Monday on the fatal shooting of a man who allegedly rammed his SUV into the police station in Leicester, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning.
The man has been identified as 24-year-old Zachary Richardson, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.
Download our mobile app for iOS to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The incident took place around 6 a.m., and while authorities offered new details Monday, some questions still remain.
Nearly all of the SUV was inside the station when the man got out and pointed what appeared to be a rifle at officers, Early said.
Man Killed After Allegedly Ramming Leicester Police Station Is Identified Staff Reports
Zachary Richardson.
Authorities gave an update Monday on the fatal shooting of a man who allegedly rammed his SUV into the police station in Leicester, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning.
The man has been identified as 24-year-old Zachary Richardson, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.
The incident took place around 6 a.m., and while authorities offered new details Monday, some questions still remain.
Nearly all of the SUV was inside the station when the man got out and pointed what appeared to be a rifle at officers, Early said.
Richardson is 24 and lived at 2 Trenton St. in the Cherry Valley section of Leicester.
6:13 a.m. Sunday, a 2008 Toyota FJ Base SUV rammed through the locked, steel double-doors of the Leicester Police Department, according to Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.
“He repeatedly rammed those doors until he gained entry with his vehicle into the building,” Early said.
“There’s a ramp that goes up to it (the doors) for handicap accessibility,” Police Chief Kenneth Antanavica said. “He drove his car up that ramp and repeatedly rammed those doors…Almost the entire vehicle was into the lobby.”
Authorities on Monday identified the man as Richardson.
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Police in Massachusetts fatally shot a man who repeatedly rammed his SUV into the front doors of a police station and aimed a rifle at officers early Sunday, a county district attorney said.
The suspect, described as a Caucasian male in his early 20s, drove his vehicle into the closed steel double doors of the Leicester Police station just after 6 a.m., Worchester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. told reporters at a news conference.
Leicester Police Chief Kenneth Antanavica said the man had driven the vehicle up a handicap ramp leading to the front doors. He said that almost the entire vehicle was inside the station’s lobby when officers arrived.