Posted on 09/30/2007 1:42:37 PM PDT by Andy'smom
REVERE - An officer in the Revere Police Department's gang unit died last night, hours after he was shot in the head early yesterday in an outburst of violence that sent dozens of law enforcement agents throughout the city knocking on doors and questioning residents as they searched for suspects.
Officer Daniel Talbot, 30, had been in grave condition much of yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital after being shot about 1:30 in the corner of the Revere High School parking lot near the bleachers by the school's baseball diamond, according to police officials and area residents. He died shortly before 10 p.m., according to Revere police Lieutenant John Goodwin.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley offered no explanation on how or why Talbot suffered the single gunshot wound to the head.
Speaking during a press conference yesterday afternoon, Conley said police had no suspects in custody but were looking into several leads. He said he would not rule out gang activity.
Revere Police Chief Terence K. Reardon would not comment on whether other officers were injured in the shooting. But Conley said State Police units that investigate officer-involved shootings were assisting yesterday.
The district attorney said that others were present at the scene and that some had been interviewed, but he would not comment on their identity or their relationship to Talbot.
"We know who Officer Talbot was with," Conley said. "We've interviewed them, and more interviews need to take place tonight."
Conley would not say whether Talbot was on duty at the time or why he was at the high school parking lot at that hour.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
RIP.
Prayers on the way!
Prayers lifted for Officer Talbot and all his loved ones who will grieve him enormously.
Blessings,
Jane
After my graduation, I went into the Marines and never looked back.
This is getting wierder, this Herald article seems to imply he might have been shot by a fellow officer: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1035036
But the other news sources continue to report “searching for suspects”.
“Officer Daniel Talbot, 30, was surrounded by others when the shooting happened, and sources said at least two of those people were his fellow police officers.”
wth?
From today’s Boston Herald: “Authorities investigating the death of Revere Police Officer Daniel Talbot are scouring security video that appears to have captured key moments just before he was shot, sources tell the Herald.
The tape does not show the actual shooting but shows a group of young men crossing a field in the direction of Talbot and his friends.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1035200
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