Suspect in Custody After Shooting at Danvers Trailer Park

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DANVERS, Mass. — A suspect is in custody and part of Route 1 in Danvers remains shut down Monday afternoon amid an investigation into a reported shooting at a trailer park that left a woman hospitalized and prompted a tense standoff, officials said.

Troopers and Danvers police officers are investigating the shooting in the area of 98 Newbury Street, according to Massachusetts State Police.

Boston 25’s Drew Karedes reported that the southbound lanes are closed to traffic at the exit to Route 114 West.

State police said that there was a “barricaded male suspect” inside a trailer, but they were taken into custody a short time after a NEMLEC tactical team was called to the scene.

That suspect has been identified as 62-year-old Joseph M. Hurley. He is charged with armed assault with intent to murder, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition.

After he was taken into custody, Hurley was transported to an area hospital.

A female shooting victim was transported to a local hospital where she was then flown in a medical helicopter to a Boston hospital. She is not being identified and there was no immediate word on her condition.

“We have shut down Route 1 in that area,” state police said in a post on X. “We ask the public to avoid the area.”

Neighbors say the alleged gunman had an argument with his girlfriend over a pack of cigarettes and that’s when he.

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