Overview
- Police were dispatched to 209 Union Street after a disconnected 911 call and entered for a welfare check through an unlocked side door.
- Officer Tiffany Beaupre reported seeing Marsh on a couch with what she believed was a firearm pointed toward her and another person motionless under a blanket.
- After more than four hours barricaded inside, Marsh surrendered around 7:29 p.m., and a protective sweep found Ann C. Marsh, 62, deceased with trauma to her head and face.
- Marsh is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and he entered a not guilty plea.
- Prosecutors said in court that Marsh shot and killed his wife during an altercation and pointed a gun at an officer; he is due back in Leominster District Court on Friday, Jan. 2, as multiple agencies investigate.