Massachusetts State Police on a case in New Bedford today were met with a barrage of bullets after knocking on a city apartment's door. ABC6 Reporter John Guice has more...

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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Authorities say a New Bedford man sought in a drug investigation has been killed in a gunfight with a state police tactical unit. A trooper wearing body armor was struck during the exchange, but not injured.

State police spokesman David Procopio said the bullet that hit
the officer was fired through an interior wall of an apartment. He
said troopers returned fire, killing the man.

The Plymouth District Attorney'st office identified the man
killed as 32-year-old Thomas Garnett.

Procopio says a weapon was recovered near the dead man, and a preliminary investigation found that he lived in the apartment and had fired the shots at police.

None of the troopers involved in the incident was identified.

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