Deadly force. But officer morris told the commission he is grateful to his fellow officers. I want to thank this particular officer. He saved my life. And so he knows how close he was to death. Reporter police remain outside the home here. They say figueroa was not licensed to carry a firearm in massachusetts and they dont know why he armed himself. Officer cintolo and morris remain in the intensive care unit. Commissioner evan says expected to recover. Reporting live from east boston im Beth Germano Wbz news. The two officers shot werent the only officers who needed help. Others put themselves in the line of fire to rescue their wounded brothers. We have live pictures for you right now. It is outside the precinct in east boston where many people have gathered for a prayer vigil for the injured officers. Both of those officers would work in that building there. Liam martin has more now on how tonight. Those officers risked their lives to save their wounded comrades as you said. Seconds
Deadly force. But officer morris told the commission he is grateful to his fellow officers. I want to thank this particular officer. He saved my life. And so he knows how close he was to death. Reporter police remain outside the home here. They say figueroa was not licensed to carry a firearm in massachusetts and they dont know why he armed himself. Officer cintolo and morris remain in the intensive care unit. Commissioner evan says expected to recover. Reporting live from east boston im Beth Germano Wbz news. The two officers shot werent the only officers who needed help. Others put themselves in the line of fire to rescue their wounded brothers. We have live pictures for you right now. It is outside the precinct in east boston where many people have gathered for a prayer vigil for the injured officers. Both of those officers would work in that building there. Liam martin has more now on how tonight. Those officers risked their lives to save their wounded comrades as you said. Seconds
Deadly force. But officer morris told the commission he is grateful to his fellow officers. I want to thank this particular officer. He saved my life. And so he knows how close he was to death. Reporter police remain outside the home here. They say figueroa was not licensed to carry a firearm in massachusetts and they dont know why he armed himself. Officer cintolo and morris remain in the intensive care unit. Commissioner evan says expected to recover. Reporting live from east boston im Beth Germano Wbz news. The two officers shot werent the only officers who needed help. Others put themselves in the line of fire to rescue their wounded brothers. We have live pictures for you right now. It is outside the precinct in east boston where many people have gathered for a prayer vigil for the injured officers. Both of those officers would work in that building there. Liam martin has more now on how tonight. Those officers risked their lives to save their wounded comrades as you said. Seconds
Little bit of activity. The woman knocked on the door and police have been talking with her. They believe the gunmans body still in the house as they await a search warrant. Wcvb newscenter 5 rhondella richardsonWcvb Newscenter 5,. Heather the two officers who were shot are now out of surgery and recovering, but are still in critical condition. Commissioner evans commended the heroic and fearless officers who rushed in to save their fallen brothers. Newscenter 5s Shaun Chaiyabhat is live outside mass general shaun as you mentioned, both of those officers out of surgery. Those in critical condition, but the good news is that they are stable and recovering. That is a vast improvement over last night when they were considered extremely critical. Officers say both officers, matt morris and Richard Cintolo, were shot multiple times. Sources say officer cintolo was shot as many as 3 or 4 times. Police say the bullets somehow avoided hitting any vital officer morris very seriously injured aft
John atwater spoke with someone who worked alongside those two officers. John . Reporter well, for the first time, we are hearing from the captain of the east boston district here. You know, its not very often we see Police Officers get emotional but this captain knows full well he could have easily lost two men last night. They are alive today, in large part, thanks to their fellow officers. So many other people stepped up. We want to make them. Theyve done the right thing by us. We have to do the right thing by them. Youve got to be so proud. Oh, yeah. God ah. Yeah. Theres no words. No words for what these guys do every day, last night. So i just want to support them. Get them back make their good. Reporter the captain here just so thankful. They held a prayer vigil with the Police Commissioner and mayor. Both Richard Cintolo and matt morris still in Critical Condition but the commissioner says they are expected to survive. Certainly a relief to their families, the department and, of