12-27-2010, 01:03 PM
last night, here in Mass.
WOBURN (CBS) – Two Wakefield men were charged Monday in the shooting death of a Woburn police officer on Sunday evening. A third suspect was shot and killed.
Woburn police officer John “Jack” Maguire was killed when he responded to a report of an armed robbery at the jewelry counter of the Kohl’s department store on Washington Street.
Investigators say two men robbed the store just before 9 p.m., in the middle of the blizzard. When police arrived on the scene, they began chasing the two men on foot. During that chase, one suspect exchanged gunfire with officer Maguire. Both men were killed.
“This is a horribly tragic and troubling incident in which a veteran officer was fatally shot in the line of duty,” District Attorney Gerry Leone said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Maguire’s family and his colleagues on the Woburn Police force at this time.”
The second man allegedly involved in the robbery, 19-year-old Scott Hanwright of Wakefield, was captured down the street where 51-year-old Kevin Dingwell, also of Wakefield, was allegedly trying to pick him up.
Hanwright is charged with first degree murder and armed robbery. Dingwell is charged as an accessory after the fact. Both men are due in Woburn District Court on Monday afternoon.
The deceased suspect’s name has not been released.
edit to add, Dec. 31:
More than 2,000 brethren in blue came out today to bid a somber farewell to Woburn police officer John “Jack” Maguire, a beloved father of three killed in the line of duty Sunday night as he chased down an armed jewelry thief.
Woburn police chief Philip Mahoney was overcome with emotion as he recalled his fallen officer’s final heroic moments before a congregation of about 2,500 police officers, family and friends who gathered for Maguire’s funeral.
WOBURN (CBS) – Two Wakefield men were charged Monday in the shooting death of a Woburn police officer on Sunday evening. A third suspect was shot and killed.
Woburn police officer John “Jack” Maguire was killed when he responded to a report of an armed robbery at the jewelry counter of the Kohl’s department store on Washington Street.
Investigators say two men robbed the store just before 9 p.m., in the middle of the blizzard. When police arrived on the scene, they began chasing the two men on foot. During that chase, one suspect exchanged gunfire with officer Maguire. Both men were killed.
“This is a horribly tragic and troubling incident in which a veteran officer was fatally shot in the line of duty,” District Attorney Gerry Leone said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Maguire’s family and his colleagues on the Woburn Police force at this time.”
The second man allegedly involved in the robbery, 19-year-old Scott Hanwright of Wakefield, was captured down the street where 51-year-old Kevin Dingwell, also of Wakefield, was allegedly trying to pick him up.
Hanwright is charged with first degree murder and armed robbery. Dingwell is charged as an accessory after the fact. Both men are due in Woburn District Court on Monday afternoon.
The deceased suspect’s name has not been released.
edit to add, Dec. 31:
More than 2,000 brethren in blue came out today to bid a somber farewell to Woburn police officer John “Jack” Maguire, a beloved father of three killed in the line of duty Sunday night as he chased down an armed jewelry thief.
Woburn police chief Philip Mahoney was overcome with emotion as he recalled his fallen officer’s final heroic moments before a congregation of about 2,500 police officers, family and friends who gathered for Maguire’s funeral.