DA identifies Mass. man. fatally shot during armed confrontation with police

A gunman who was fatally shot by police officers in Lakeville, Massachusetts, on Saturday has been identified by the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.

Lakeville police said they responded to a home at 8 Heritage Hill after receiving a report of a “disturbed person.”

The 911 caller let the officers into the house, where the armed man pointed a gun at the officers. Officers ordered the man, later identified as Gregory Buckley, 31, to drop the weapon.

Gunfire was exchanged between Buckley and the officers, and he was hit.

According to authorities, officers immediately rendered aid to Buckley, who was transported to Morton Hospital, where he later died.

Four Lakeville officers were also taken to the hospital for evaluation and later released.

Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz confirmed that the officers were wearing body cameras, which recorded the entire incident.

Police have not said whether the allegedly armed man fired at the officers first.

Neighbors told NewsCenter 5 they heard sirens then hid in their basement after the shooting.

“I heard sirens and I heard something was happening,” Laura Lima said. “My husband came upstairs and said, ‘Let’s take the kids to the basement! There’s a shooting!”

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the incident.