Report details Lawton St. shooting

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - We are learning new information about the The June 4th shooting in which a Springfield police officer was murdered, a woman was wounded and her ex-boyfriend killed himself.

After the shooting, the 22News I-Team spoke with the gunman's mom who was skeptical Shawn Bryan killed a police officer and himself, but according to this report, that's exactly what happened.

It was a day the Springfield community won't soon forget.

The day 35-year-old Shawn Bryan started shooting in a Lawton Street apartment, critically wounding ex-girlfriend Charlene Mitchell and killing Police veteran Kevin Ambrose, before turning the gun on himself.

After the shooting, 22News drove to Long Island and spoke with Bryan's mother who doubted her son,  a New York corrections officer, could do what police said he did.

"He was there for Savannah (Bryan and Mitchell's baby), why would he take his life and another officers life," Eldene King said.

Now, we're learning even more about that June 4th afternoon - District Attorney Mark Mastroianni released his final investigation that calls Ambrose's death a murder, Mitchell's injuries "intent to murder," and Bryan's death a suicide.

According to the report, witnesses saw Bryan leave the apartment, get into his car in the parking lot and they heard those three gunshots go off before other police officers even got here. According to the investigation it was those 3 self-inflicted gunshot wounds that killed Bryan.

The report also describes the 7 gunshot wounds that led to Ambrose's death and his struggle to protect Mitchell.

The report is closure for prosecutors but police say it's still only the start of their healing process.

"There were some police officers that didn't know, until they read the report, exactly what happened. There is a little bit of closure but there's still a long way to go," Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney said.

Sgt. Delaney says since the shooting, the department strengthened their procedures when it comes to responding to domestic incidents and restraining orders.