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Officials say responding state trooper killed individual with weapon in Berkshire County

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Authorities say a Massachusetts State Trooper fatally shot a person in the Berkshire County Town of Hancock Saturday morning.

According to officials, police responded to a report of a domestic incident at a residence on Richmond Road around 7 a.m. There, officers were encountered by an unidentified individual with a weapon. The person reportedly approached officers and did not back down following requests to stop.

A state trooper shot the person who was pronounced dead by County Ambulance.

Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue and the State Police Detective Unit are investigating the incident.