Incident

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7-15-2018 Massachusetts Weymouth 2-1

Location

July 15, 2018

Weymouth, Massachusetts

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer Michael Chesna
Age: 42
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Vera Adams
Age: 77
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Emanuel Lopes
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator shot
Officer Involved Shooting - Bystander killed
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
Criminal act with stolen gun
Guns stolen from law enforcement

Notes

LEO responding to erratic driver/vandal; suspect attacked officer w/rock, stole LEO's gun, shot/killed him with it. More shots during LE chase, bystander killed

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Weymouth-Officer-Injured--488219141.html

URL: http://www.wcvb.com/article/woman-killed-by-bullet-during-shootout-that-killed-weymouth-officer/22151742

District

Congressional District: 8
State Senate District: 34
State House District: 160