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Mass Cop Jailed Over Fake Shooting

Mass Cop Jailed Over Fake Shooting

Mass Cop Jailed Over Fake Shooting

A Massachusetts police officer has been fired after faking a story about exchanging gunfire with a suspect who drove by him in a pickup truck — a report that had towns in the King Philip area on edge for two days.

Police initially said that about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday a suspect in a dark-colored — possibly maroon — pickup fired two to three shots at the officer on Forest Road, near Birch Street, causing him to lose control of his cruiser and strike a tree. The cruiser then ignited in flames.

But, police said Thursday the only ballistic evidence found at the scene belonged to the officer, who works part time and was hired as a patrol officer in June. The evidence suggests the officer fired shots into his own cruiser.

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