An officer-involved shooting is under investigation after authorities said a man took police on a chase and dragged an officer several yards before being shot. The incident was reported around 9 p.m. along Graniteville Road in the area of Sully's Ice Cream.Officials said a Tyngsborough police officer attempted to pull over a suspect vehicle around 8:30 p.m. The vehicle would not pull over and took police on a chase down Route 3 before entering the parking lot at Sully's. When a Chelmsford police sergeant approached the vehicle, authorities said the vehicle backed up and dragged the officer several yards, striking a Chelmsford police cruiser.Officials said a Tyngsborough officer fired his weapon, striking the suspect, out of fear for the safety of the officer injured.Employees at Sully's barricaded themselves inside when they heard the sound of shots being fired. Two women said they hid in a back room during the shooting. "I came outside and asked police what happened and he said, 'I can't tell you. Get in your house for your own safety,'" one witness said. "Then a second police car came, and right around that point is when I heard gunshots."Paramedics were seen rushing someone to a medical helicopter to be flown to a hospital to be treated for injuries. Officials said that person was the suspect, identified as a 27-year-old man from Tyngsborough. He was flown to a Boston-area hospital where he is currently in grave condition. The Chelmsford officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital and later released. The Tyngsborough officer who shot the suspect is on administrative leave per department policy as the investigation remains open and active. Get the WCVB News App

An officer-involved shooting is under investigation after authorities said a man took police on a chase and dragged an officer several yards before being shot.

The incident was reported around 9 p.m. along Graniteville Road in the area of Sully's Ice Cream.


Officials said a Tyngsborough police officer attempted to pull over a suspect vehicle around 8:30 p.m. The vehicle would not pull over and took police on a chase down Route 3 before entering the parking lot at Sully's.

When a Chelmsford police sergeant approached the vehicle, authorities said the vehicle backed up and dragged the officer several yards, striking a Chelmsford police cruiser.

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Officials said a Tyngsborough officer fired his weapon, striking the suspect, out of fear for the safety of the officer injured.

Employees at Sully's barricaded themselves inside when they heard the sound of shots being fired. Two women said they hid in a back room during the shooting.

"I came outside and asked police what happened and he said, 'I can't tell you. Get in your house for your own safety,'" one witness said. "Then a second police car came, and right around that point is when I heard gunshots."

Paramedics were seen rushing someone to a medical helicopter to be flown to a hospital to be treated for injuries. Officials said that person was the suspect, identified as a 27-year-old man from Tyngsborough. He was flown to a Boston-area hospital where he is currently in grave condition.

The Chelmsford officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital and later released.



The Tyngsborough officer who shot the suspect is on administrative leave per department policy as the investigation remains open and active.