Person shot after tackling man at pro-Israel demonstration

A person was shot and and suffered a life-threatening injury Thursday after tackling a pro-Israel demonstrator in Newton, Massachusetts, the district attorney said.

A person was shot and and suffered a life-threatening injury Thursday after tackling a pro-Israel demonstrator in Newton, Massachusetts, the district attorney said.

The shooting happened at around 6:40 p.m. and details were very preliminary, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said.

A small group of pro-Israel demonstrators were on one side of the street, and the person who was later shot was "apparently completely randomly walking down the other side of the street," and there was an argument, she said.

"There were things being said across the street back and forth," Ryan said. "Ultimately that individual came very rapidly across the street and tackled one of the demonstrators."

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan at a news conference about the Newton, Mass., shooting, on Sept. 12, 2024.NBC10 BostonA member of the demonstrating group, a 47-year-old man from Framingham, then shot that person, she said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/person-shot-tackling-man-israel-demonstration-rcna170971

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