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Officials say police were responding to a double homicide on Johnson Avenue where 27-year-old Wyleek Shaw and 8-year-old Zahmire Lopez were found dead.

Everett Rand was seen leaving the house and dropped something into a nearby dumpster. A semi-automatic handgun was recovered, and a foot pursuit for Rand began.

Officers Steven Ferreira and Ryan Castro fired their weapons after they say Rand was reaching into his waistband to grab what appeared to be a handgun.

Rand was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.