Off-duty officer kills armed man-NBC Boston

A police officer in Boston in Boston shot a man who attacked two people with a knife in a chick-fil-A in the neighborhood of the city of Bay on Saturday, say officials.

The police commissioner of Boston, Michael Cox, was in the restaurant on Boylston Street around 5:30 p.m. when two people ran into the restaurant and were persecuted by a man armed with a knife. Cox said that the official identified himself as a police and told the attacker, who tried to stab these people, fall the knife. When the man didn’t do it, the officer fired his gun and beat the man.

The man was taken to the hospital when he was declared dead. The official was taken to the hospital as a precaution. No other injuries were reported.

The man was not publicly identified.

The Suffolk district prosecutor will lead the investigation. District Prosecutor Kevin Hayden said that the investigators had a large number of witnesses, but believe that there may have been more people who have led to violence.

“We ask you to step forward. We need the help of everyone who knows something about what happened here to get to the bottom,” said Hayden.

The investigators also check surveillance material in the region. The examination is active and persistent, shocking residents and visitors in the busy area of ​​the city.

“I couldn’t believe that there was a shoot here. I was only on my way to get some chick-fil-a, but I couldn’t even because there were warning band everywhere,” said a man to NBC10 Boston.

“To be honest, I only question Boston’s general security,” said another resident.

The Boylston Street is closed between the Clarendon Street and Dartmouth Street and the unity of the police in Boston is on site. Everyone with information is asked to call the police.

This is a history of breaking. Further details were not immediately available.