February 7, 2020
Juston Root
DEMOGRAPHICS
White, Male, 41, Mentally Ill
LOCATION
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
ARMED
BB Gun
CLASSIFICATION
Gunshot
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Boston Police Department, Massachusetts State Police
A man killed by police following a confrontation outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Friday that also left a hospital employee critically injured had a history of mental illness and a “gentle soul,” his parents said. Police said he was shot and killed after he refused to drop what appeared to be a firearm.
Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long said Friday that officers responded to reports of a man with a gun outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital sometime after 9 a.m.
Long said police confronted the man, who pulled out what appeared to be a firearm and refused orders to drop it.
Officers opened fire, and at some point, a hospital parking attendant was shot. A hospital spokeswoman told the Globe that the attendant was in good condition on Saturday night.
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