Brockton lifts shelter-in-place order near Dollar Tree fatal shooting site

BROCKTON — The city has lifted a shelter-in-place order urging those near the site of a fatal shooting Tuesday afternoon to stay indoors.

At 7:14 p.m. the city made a follow-up reverse-911 call saying it was OK to go back to normal in that area.

That called lifted a shelter-in-place order from around 4:11 p.m., when residents began receiving reverse-911 calls urging those nearby to stay indoors.

"Due to police activity in the area avoid the areas of Mellen Street from North Montello to North Main Street," the earlier recorded message said. "Residents in the area are requested to stay indoors until further notice. Thank you for your cooperation."

The calls came in the wake of a fatal shooting Tuesday afternoon at the Dollar Tree on North Montello that left one man dead and another injured, WCVB is reporting.

Later Tuesday afternoon, Brockton and State Police had a house surrounded on Mellen Street and there was a State Police helicopter overhead, according to an Enterprise photographer who was at the scene. A Brockton fire engine was staged nearby on North Main Street, along with a Brewster ambulance. 

It also appeared that a handful of people were evacuated from the vicinity of the house that was surrounded to a school bus on North Main Street. Police holding shields and with their guns drawn could be seen escorting several people, walking backwards away from the house that was surrounded.

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Police said a man walked into the discount store with a firearm and fired some shots, and two men were injured. Sources tell WCVB that one of those men later died, WCVB is reporting.

The shooting is being investigated by the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts State Police.