An Easton police officer who fatally shot a woman during a wellbeing check acted in self-defense, according to findings from an investigation released by the Bristol County District Attorney's office Thursday.
The Bristol County District Attorney's Office has identified the man injured by an Easton Police officer in a shooting on Friday night as 34-year-old Dwayne Gervais of Easton.
An Easton police officer has been placed on paid leave after he fired his service weapon during a house call for a reported disturbance on Friday night, injuring two people — one of whom police said was holding a knife.
The man who shot himself after being involved in a standoff with state police on I-495 for around two hours on Tuesday was the suspect in a Norton bank robbery earlier this week.