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🌱 Patch AM: State clears Bedford officer’s role in deadly Raymond standoff

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  • State clears Bedford officer's role in deadly Raymond standoff

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📰 News we're reading

• Officers justified in shooting at Raymond man, AG says (unionleader.com) — A state investigation has ruled that officers, including one from the Bedford Police Department, were legally justified in using deadly force during an April 4 standoff with an armed Raymond man who ultimately died from a self-inflicted gunshot. The report details how the suspect repeatedly fired at family members and police, wounding one officer, before killing himself after an hours-long manhunt.
   

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