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A police officer has been taken to Boston Medical Center after being shot in the face tonight while a suspect has been killed, police said.

"We have one officer fighting for his life. He's in tough shape. He's in an induced coma," said police Commissioner William Evans. "He's in critical condition."

Evans identified the officer tonight as 34-year-old John T. Moynihan -- a former Army Ranger who served in Iraq and was honored at the White House last year for being one of the first responders in Watertown following the April 2013 firefight with the marathon bombers.

Chief William Gross told the Herald the suspect in the shooting was killed. No further information was available about the dead man.

Both were shot on Humboldt Avenue in the area of Ruthven Street shortly before 7 tonight after police pulled over a car. An innocent bystander was also wounded in the arm, police said.

At a press conference outside Boston Medical Center, Evans said the officer was shot under the right eye right after the car was pulled over and the officer "returned fire."

"The doctors are working hard on him," Evans added. "(The suspect) came out firing before our officers had time to react."

The shooting scene in Roxbury has been closed off as teams of officers sweep the area.

Evans said the shooting tonight points to a problem of danger on the streets.

"There's way too many guns out there and way too many kids running with them out there," he added.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh said tonight he's praying for the officer: "My thoughts and prayers are with the Officer injured tonight, his family and friends and the entire Boston Police Department during this difficult time. These acts of violence have no place in our neighborhoods. Our community is stronger than ever, and tonight we are thankful for all of those who put their lives on the on the line every day to protect our City."

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prayers sent from here

Prayers from here, as well.

Ed

Damn.......

Prayers on the way.

That sucks and I hope he pulls through. If he does, its still going to be tough.



I'm sorry, but this part of the story chaps my ass too:


The problem is they aren't "kids running with guns", they're criminals and you have a crime problem....

Prayers for Officer John Moynihan complete recovery.

And good riddens to the perp who shot him.

Lot easier for the police commissioner to blame the 'prevalence of guns' than it is for him to blame the prevalence of criminals.
I hope the officer survives and heals up as well as he can.

+1 from here

You either stand with police or you stand against them and they have clearly spoken on this issue time and time again.

+1 for prayers

Sherp, this is not the time and place for your snarky BS.

Prayers for the officer.

No snarky and no bs. Police officers do not want you to have the firearms privileges they are supposed to have.

Apologies to KG for high jacking this thread.

I also pray someone wasn't standing by with a cell phone camera so we can depend entirely on the police side of the story to prove the perp guilty.

Kudos to the state of Texas for trying to get us back to that better time. I am sure Massachusetts will follow since democrats tag along where Republicans have already blazed the trail.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/25/texas-cop-watcher-bill-under-fire-from-various-groups/

Prayers to this officer.

+1

norm

Then don't do it. Simply ignore the troll. Posting pics and such every time this moron shows up is another form of acknowledgement for him. He gets off on it.

Just put him on ignore and stick to it.

He is on ignore,that's why it is pics.