Officer fires shot at armed woman later found dead in Easton home

EASTON, Mass. (WJAR) — Massachusetts authorities are investigating after a woman died after a standoff with police in Easton on Sunday.

Easton Police Chief Keith Boone said an Ashland resident called 911 at about 11:30 a.m. asking for a well-being check on a relative at a home on Spooner Street in Easton.

Boone said officers encountered a 56-year-old woman with a weapon when they got to the home.

Everyone else inside the home was safely evacuated as police requested further assistance.

The situation escalated when police say the woman approached the front entryway of the home still in possession of a weapon.

An Easton officer fired a single shot at the woman.

Members of the Metro-Lec regional response team later found the woman dead inside the home.

The officer involved was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office and Massachusetts State Police.

Any further information including the woman’s name was not immediately released.