In August 2007, Nigel Vaughn was found guilty of wounding three people in a shooting at a Fall River bar.

 

Now, nearly 20 years later, police said Vaughn was the man who opened fire at three officers in the city early Sunday morning, hitting two of them. He was killed after the officers returned fire.

 

“This individual was well known to the Fall River Police Department,” Mayor Paul Coogan said Monday. “He had just gotten out of prison.”

 

Vaughn was sentenced to 18 to 20 years for the 2005 shooting. At the time, 12 News reported that prosecutors accused him of being a gang member who opened fire during a fight.

 

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