STOUGHTON – Police shot and killed a 32-year-old man in Stoughton early Saturday morning after a disturbance outside of a local bar, officials said.
Police received multiple 911 calls at approximately 12:33 a.m. reporting a man outside a bar at 37 Monk St., according to a statement from the Norfolk district attorney’s office.
Callers said the man was “possibly armed” and was trying to hit several pedestrians in the area with his car, officials said.
When police arrived, officers “encountered the man,” later identified as Salaheddine Yagoub and shot him, officials said.
Officers rendered first aid, and Yagoub was then taken to local hospital, officials said.
Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey said the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit attached to his office is investigating the death.
A spokesperson for the Stoughton Police Department referred questions to Morrissey’s office.
Public House, the Monk Street bar near where the shooting happened, wrote on social media that it would be closed Saturday.
“At this point everybody knows there was a crazy incident last night on Monk Street,” read the post. “It was a Monk Street issue, not a Public House issue.”
The restaurant said that the “intelligent and responsible action of our bar staff” helped keep the patrons calm and “handle the situation perfectly.”
“It is still an open investigation and respecting a loss of life, and the effects that may have had on people, especially the staff, that’s the move we’re gonna make,” read the post.
Another nearby business also expressed concern over the incident.
Cley’s Clinique, a wellness spa across the street from Public House, said on social media that Saturday’s shooting came just a few months after police arrested a man carrying a gun in the area.
“My daughter sometimes walks from school to my spa with her friends,” the owner wrote in a social media post. “Yesterday, as they were leaving the spa, we noticed another police investigation taking place nearby.”
“It’s heartbreaking to see these incidents happening in our community,” the post continued. “Stoughton has always been a place where I want my family, my clients, and my business to feel safe.”
Monk Street, a side street branching off the town’s main thoroughfare of Washington Street, was mostly quiet Saturday night; there was little sign of the police response the night before.
Residents and passersby declined to discuss the shooting, but several — including a man wearing a Public House sweatshirt on his front porch — said that disturbances in the neighborhood were rare.
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