LAKEVILLE, POLICE SHOOTING OF MAN WITH A FAKE GUN! : Timothy Hladik

CITY : LAKEVIEW
EVENT: SUSPECT WITH FAKE GUN
PERSONS: TIMOTHY HLADIK

LAKEVILLE, Mass. — A Lakeville man being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing is accused of taunting police officers while wielding a fake gun and shouting “Kill or be killed” to police before officers shot him, prosecutors said.

Timothy Hladik, 45, is charged with two counts each of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and threat to commit a crime, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said. A not guilty plea was entered on Hladik’s behalf during his arraignment Monday. Hladik was arraigned from his hospital bed at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, with his defense attorney, Joe Krowski, by his bedside.