Video: Man Swings Hatchet In Brockton Store Before Being Shot By Police
BROCKTON (CBS) – New video from inside a Brockton cell phone store shows the moment when a man took out a hatchet and went after employees on Wednesday afternoon. The man was tased and shot by police outside of the Main Street store.
Luis Andrade has owned the store for about 10 years and thought he had seen it all.
"He was like I don't care, we'll die, you'll die, I'll die, we'll all die," said Andrade. "But Antonio, he's kind of looking out into the sidewalk hoping that the cop would see it."
The clerk pushed a panic button calling police, but two Brockton Police officers happened to be outside handling traffic. The suspect then went outside, seemingly to confront the officers.
"The officers stopped and ordered the individual to drop the hatchet," Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues said after the shooting. "He refused and came at the officers."
The man was tased and then shot twice before he went down.
"There's never been one day where we haven't had a customer who didn't get their way and want to make a scene, I guess you get numb to it," Andrade said.
The man, who has not been identified, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital and later to a Boston hospital for treatment.
