Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett says Lynn police received a 911 call early Sunday morning from someone who threatened to kill himself.
LYNN, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say Lynn police shot and injured a man brandishing three knives and what appeared to be a gun.
Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett says Lynn police received a 911 call early Sunday morning from someone who threatened to kill himself. The district attorney says two officers were confronted by Mathieu Michaud (Matthew Mee-SHOW) who was carrying a butcher's knife and two carving knives.
Blodgett says police ordered him to drop the knives and what appeared to be a gun, but he refused. Blodgett says the 25-year-old Michaud was shot once and underwent surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The hospital said it did not have a record of Michaud.
Blodgett says the officers are on paid leave during the investigation. It was not known Sunday if Michaud is represented by a lawyer.