Two dead, police officer injured in Brockton shooting

BROCKTON, Mass. (WLNE)- A Brockton police officer was injured, and two people died, following a shooting in the city on Monday evening, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.

Officers from the Brockton Police Department Responded to reports of a man with a gun on Taber Avenue at around 6 p.m.

Shots were fired when police arrived on the scene and an officer was hit several times.

The officer was transported to Boston Medical Center, with what the district attorney’s office said are non-life threatening wounds.

He has since been released, but will not be identified at this time.

Investigators at the scene located a 28-year-old Christopher Gomes inside of an SUV on Taber Avenue. Gomes was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooter, 32-year-old Kevin Serpa, had barricaded himself inside of a home for several hours before shooting himself at around 9:30 p.m., the district attorney’s office said.

He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.