There are reports of a bizarre incident in Winthrop, Massachusetts, in which shooting broke out after a truck ran into a building. Police reported that there are “multiple injured people.”
Three police were shot, including the suspected gunman, according to WHDH-TV. Their conditions are not clear.
Video at the chaotic scene showed a second vehicle crash as well. You can listen to vivid reports from responding officers in the initial police scanner audio later in this article. The truck was stamped with the logo of Rapid Flow, Inc. sewer and drain cleaning.
John M. Guilfoil, who performs public relations for police, wrote on Twitter, “We are confirming a mass casualty incident in Winthrop per @Winthroppolice. Very active scene at this time. @LeahCominsJGPR is headed to the scene to assist police, fire, and town government at this time. MEDIA STAGING TO FOLLOW.”
He added, “Crime scene is in the area of Shirley St and Veterans Road. Motorists are asked to avoid the area at this time and throughout the evening.”
Here’s another photo from the scene, which shows the large truck embedded in the brick building. The motive and whether it was intentional or random are not yet clear, as the incident broke out in the afternoon hours of Saturday, June 26, 2021.
Listen to live police scanner reports here. Winthrop is a community of about 17,000 people located in Suffolk County. The exact details of what unfolded have not yet been released.
Here’s what you need to know:
Live Dispatch Audio Captures Officers Shouting, ‘We Have Another Body Down!’
The dispatch audio from the time the incident started captures the frantic response at the scene.
“We have multiple weapons. We just found another firearm,” police said around 24 minutes into this dispatch audio, courtesy of Broadcastify. Police said the original call came in as a “motor vehicle accident.” At 18 minutes into the following auto, the dispatcher says, “Motor vehicle accident with injuries,” at “Shirley and Cross” and reports someone “trapped in the vehicle.”
At 19 minutes in, a frantic officer tells dispatch, “Shots fired. Shots fired! All units, shots fired at Cross and Shirley Street. Shots fired!” The officer says, “You’ve got a body on the ground…it looked like he had a gun. He fired at them.” He says it unfolded in front of a building at Shirley and Veterans. The officer then shouts unintelligibly. “…engaged in gunfire,” he said, adding that the truck was “in a house, with a building collapse” and another vehicle might have fled.
“We have another body down. We have another shot victim down!” an officer then says. Later an officer says, at about 23 minutes into the dispatch audio, “We have multiple victims down… I need you to secure this weapon.” Police also described finding various shell cases and bullets that they were marking at the scene.
Police Said There Was a “Very Active Crime Scene in Town’
In a statement, Winthrop police wrote, “Winthrop Police are investigating a very active crime scene in town near the intersection of Shirley Street and Veterans Road. There are multiple injured people and motorists are asked to avoid the area to allow first responders unrestricted access to the scene. We will post additional information as soon as it is available.”
Jay Kenney of 7News tweeted, “At least three people shot in Winthrop per MSP scanner.” A television producer also tweeted that three people were shot, and no officers were hurt.
Reports are preliminary, and be aware that details can change or even be wrong in the earliest stages of breaking tragedies.
Online records say the building is a commercial property that has housed a small real estate firm.
One Social Media Account Described ‘Entrapment With the Vehicle Into the Building’
A photographer who covers Massachusetts emergency responses wrote on Twitter, “UD Large Scale Incident Winthrop Ma. Reported fire arms recovered, (1) in custody. FD also reporting entrapment with the vehicle into the building-remains active at this time.”
The site added, “Winthrop Ma. Large Scale Incident-also reported truck into a building with some kind of collapse. Multi mutual aid FD’s/PD’s to scene.”
WMUR-TV’s Eric Weglarz wrote on Twitter, “Winthrop FD requesting all off-duty firefighters to report to Cross & Shirley Streets for the mass casualty incident.”
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