Wounded Boston Police Officers Out of Surgery

BOSTON - Two Boston police officers shot and critically injured responding to a domestic incident are out of surgery.
 
Police Commissioner William Evans tells WBZ-AM on Thursday morning that he understood that surgery "went well'' and the officers' families are with them.
 
He says they were shot Wednesday night by a 33-year-old man with body armor and what he described as an "assault'' rifle. The suspect was shot and killed by police.
 
Evans described a "hectic scene'' with other officers rushing to the aid of their injured colleagues and pulling them to safety. He said one officer fashioned a tourniquet, while another put a finger on one of the wounds.
 
The injured officers' names were not immediately released.
 
He says deadly force is a last resort for police but in this case "we had to do what we had to do.''