BROCKTON, Mass. – The wife of a Massachusetts man killed by police says she told authorities there were no real firearms in her home before two officers shot him to death. Prosecutors say the man had pointed a realistic-looking BB gun at the officers.
The Plymouth district attorney’s office says two Brockton officers shot 45-year-old Douglas Buckley early Thursday after he pulled the BB gun, which had been hidden behind his back.
Buckley’s wife, Barbara Buckley, said later Thursday she informed police before her husband was killed that the only weapons in her home were BB guns. She and other relatives and friends criticized the officers’ actions.
The names of the two officers haven’t been released. Both were placed on paid leave under routine shooting protocols.
The district attorney’s office is investigating.
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