Authorities say Enrique Lopez once served two years in prison for assaulting another law enforcement officer.
have identified a man who stabbed two officers before being killed by police as a 56-year ex-con who once served two years in prison for assaulting another law enforcement officer.the man who attacked the officers in Medford on WednesdayEarlier Thursday, Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison released other details of the deadly encounter during a news conference outside Stony Brook University Hospital, where the officers continued to be treated.
Both officers are recovering from wounds that are not life-threatening. One of them was on a ventilator, but in stable condition, Harrison said. Their names have not been released.RELATED:The officers responded to a 911 call about a man threatening residents at a condominium complex with a fire extinguisher, police said. When they approached Lopez, he pulled out a large knife, Harrison said.
The officers ordered Lopez to drop the knife, but he lunged at them and stabbed them, Harrison said. One officer was stabbed in his clavicle, neck and groin area, and the other was stabbed in his chest through his bulletproof vest, the commissioner said. A third officer was treated at a hospital for tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, and discharged, officials said.
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