Police ID ex-marine dead after active shooting situation in Swansea
By: Rebecca Turco
Email: rturco@abc6.com
SWANSEA, Mass. – An active shooter situation in Swansea turned deadly Sunday night, putting an entire neighborhood on lockdown and sending in a SWAT team.
The shooter, 24 year-old Brandon Leonardo, of Swansea, killed himself before officers could get a hold of him, according to Swansea Police Chief George Arruda. Leonardo was an ex-marine.
Earlier, the man shot at his ex-girlfriend in the Ocean Grove neighborhood before fleeing. She wasn’t hit.
Police then set up a perimeter, searching for him by air and by foot, when they heard two gunshots and eventually found the man dead.
His name hasn’t been released, pending notification of next of kin.
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