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WE ARE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION
ABOUT THE THE JUNE FOURTH
SHOOTING IN WHICH A SPRINGFIELD
POLICE OFFICER WAS MURDERED, A
WOMAN WAS WOUNDED AND HER
EX-BOYFRIEND KILLED HIMSELF.
22NEWS REPORTER LAURA HUTCHINSON
DETAILS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
REPORT.
AFTER THE SHOOTING, THE 22NEWS
I-TEAM SPOKE WITH THE GUNMAN'S
MOM WHO WAS SKEPTICAL SHAWN
BRYAN KILLED A POLICE OFFICER
AND HIMSELF, BUT ACCORDING TO
THIS REPORT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
IT WAS A DAY THE SPRINGFIELD
COMMUNITY WON'T SOON FORGET. THE
DAY 35-YEAR-OLD SHAWN BRYAN
STARTED SHOOTING IN A LAWTON
STREET APARTMENT, CRITICALLY
WOUNDING EX-GIRLFRIEND CHARLENE
MITCHELL AND KILLING POLICE
VETERAN KEVIN AMBROSE - BEFORE
TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF.
I KNOW HE WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
AFTER THE SHOOTING, 22NEWS DROVE
TO LONG ISLAND AND SPOKE WITH
BRYAN'S MOTHER WHO DOUBTED HER
SON, A NEW YORK CORRECTIONS
OFFICER, COULD DO WHAT POLICE
SAID HE DID.
HE WAS THERE FOR SAVANNAH, WHY
WOULD HE TAKE HIS LIFE AND
ANOTHER OFFICERS LIFE? BUT, NOW
WE'RE LEARNING EVEN MORE ABOUT
THAT JUNE 4TH AFTERNOON -
DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARK
MASTROIANNI RELEASED HIS FINAL
INVESTIGATION THAT CALLS
AMBROSE'S DEATH A ***,
MITCHELL'S INJURIES "INTENT TO
***," AND BRYAN'S DEATH... A
SUICIDE.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT
WITNESSES SAW BRYAN LEAVE THE
APARTMENT HERE AND GET INTO THE
CAR IN THIS PARKING LOT AND THEY
HEARD THOSE THREE GUNSHOTS GO
OFF BEFORE OTHER POLICE OFFICERS
EVEN GOT HERE. ACCORDING TO THE
INVESTIGATION IT WAS THOSE 3
SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUNDS
THAT KILLED BRYAN. THE REPORT
ALSO DESCRIBES THE 7 GUNSHOT
WOUNDS THAT LED TO AMBROSE'S
DEATH AND HIS STRUGGLE TO
PROTECT MITCHELL. THE REPORT IS
CLOSURE FOR PROSECUTORS - BUT
POLICE SAY IT'S STILL ONLY THE
START OF THEIR HEALING PROCESS.
THERE WERE SOME POLICE OFFICERS
THAT DIDN'T KNOW, UNTIL THEY
READ THE REPORT, EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT
OF CLOSURE BUT THERE'S STILL A
LONG WAY TO GO.
SGT. DELANEY SAYS SINCE THE
SHOOTING, THE DEPARTMENT
STRENGTHENED THEIR PROCEDURES
WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONDING TO