Overview

• Police say the 57-year-old was walking home from dropping off his 6-year-old at Coolidge Elementary when he confronted a man spray-painting a bridge over Jordan Pond.
• During the victim’s 911 call reporting the altercation, dispatchers heard gunfire, and responding officers found him with multiple gunshot wounds; he later died at a hospital.
• A 26-year-old suspect known to police surrendered around 11:45 a.m. after a roughly three-hour manhunt that deployed state police airwing, K-9 units, drones, and tactical teams.
• Coolidge Elementary was secured and locked down as a precaution, officials said, with all students and staff safe and some bused students rerouted to Beal School.
• Authorities have not released the names of the victim or suspect, and it remains unclear whether they knew each other as the Worcester County DA and Shrewsbury police continue the investigation.