Massachusetts State Trooper Shot In Springfield, Suspected Gunman Arrested
CBS Boston 1/1/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Boston
SPRINGFIELD (CBS) – A man has been arrested and charged with shooting a Massachusetts State Police Trooper in Springfield on New Year’s Eve.
Investigators say 31-year-old Christopher Gardner of Springfield was in a shootout with another man in a parking lot near Nursery and Stafford streets around 11:15 p.m. Thursday. The gunfire triggered a shot-spotter alert and Springfield and State Police responded.
When they arrived, police said Gardner fired two rounds at their cruisers. A 26-year-old trooper, who has not been identified, was hit by a bullet in his left leg after the round passed through part of his cruiser.
Massachusetts State Trooper Shot In Springfield, Suspected Gunman Arrested
CBS Boston 1/1/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Boston
SPRINGFIELD (CBS) – A man has been arrested and charged with shooting a Massachusetts State Police Trooper in Springfield on New Year’s Eve.
Investigators say 31-year-old Christopher Gardner of Springfield was in a shootout with another man in a parking lot near Nursery and Stafford streets around 11:15 p.m. Thursday. The gunfire triggered a shot-spotter alert and Springfield and State Police responded.
When they arrived, police said Gardner fired two rounds at their cruisers. A 26-year-old trooper, who has not been identified, was hit by a bullet in his left leg after the round passed through part of his cruiser.
By Colin A. Young, State House News Service
As the year and legislative session come to a close, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed into law legislation creating a police accountability and oversight system under which officers need to be certified every three years and can lose their certification for violating to-be-developed policing standards.
As the country reacted to the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police officers this summer, policing reform was catapulted to the top of Beacon Hill s priority list and lawmakers set out on what would become a complicated, circuitous and, at times, controversial path to address police violence and some of the disproportionate impacts communities of color experience from law enforcement, and to bolster the state s oversight of police officers.