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Six-year department veteran John Moynihan was shot just below
the eye on Friday night by a 41-year-old man identified as
Angelo West. Fellow officers returned fire and West, who had a
criminal record including prior gun charges, died of wounds at
the scene.
As the driver got out of the car, without warning he shot
Moynihan, a 34-year-old former U.S. Army Ranger, in the face,
police said. The bullet became lodged under his ear.
Moynihan underwent several hours of surgery at Boston Medical
Center and doctors successfully removed the bullet, Police
Department Commissioner William Evans said in a statement.
"I was happy to hear that he made it through surgery without any
complications; it shows you what a strong kid he is," Evans
said.
Moynihan was in stable and improving condition and was expected
to be moved out of an intensive care unit in the coming days,
Evans said.
The shooting, which took place around 6:40 p.m. on Friday,
started as a traffic stop when two marked police cruisers
containing six officers pulled a car over after reports of shots
fired in the Roxbury neighborhood.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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