Phet Gouvonvong is among those killed in a confrontation with police in Central Massachusetts in recent years.
Cases involving fatalities at the hands of police have garnered increased scrutiny since the murder of George Floyd last May.
There have been 42 fatal shootings by police officers in Massachusetts since 2015, as tracked by a Washington Post database. More than 6,300 people have been shot and killed by on-duty police officers in the U.S. since 2015.
The rate of shootings has remained steady, reports The Washington Post. Nearly 1,000 people die every year in police incidents. This means, on average, two to three people die every day in encounters with police.
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It’s been more than a year since Westborough police Sgt. Jon Kalagher shot and killed a man who was stabbing his wife repeatedly during a domestic attack.
To this day, what gets to Kalagher the most is not shooting the suspect. It is what the victim and the neighbors went through before he arrived.
“The part that has got to me in the past year … is the woman and the neighbors and what they were doing in the 50 seconds as I was trying to get there,” Kalagher told the Daily News, his voice choked with emotion. “I just wanted to get into the arena and try to make a difference. I said to myself, ‘I have the tools and training, please let me get there in time.’ ”
WESTBOROUGH It’s been more than a year since Westborough police Sgt. Jon Kalagher shot and killed a man who was stabbing his wife repeatedly during a domestic attack.
To this day, what gets to Kalagher the most is not shooting the suspect. It is what the victim and the neighbors went through before he arrived.
“The part that has got to me in the past year … is the woman and the neighbors and what they were doing in the 50 seconds as I was trying to get there,” Kalagher told the Daily News, his voice choked with emotion. “I just wanted to get into the arena and try to make a difference. I said to myself, ‘I have the tools and training, please let me get there in time.’”
WESTBORO It’s been more than a year since Westboro police Sgt. Jon Kalagher shot and killed a man who was stabbing his wife repeatedly during a domestic attack.
To this day, what gets to Kalagher the most is not shooting the suspect. It is what the victim and the neighbors went through before he arrived.
“The part that has got to me in the past year … is the woman and the neighbors and what they were doing in the 50 seconds as I was trying to get there,” Kalagher told the Daily News, his voice choked with emotion. “I just wanted to get into the arena and try to make a difference. I said to myself, ‘I have the tools and training, please let me get there in time.’”