At a press conference Tuesday, July 15, outside FRFD headquarters, Bacon said the city has typically relied on overtime for coverage in the event of a crisis -- but in an event like the Gabriel House “you can never have enough staff,” and that he is primarily focused on the lives that were saved.

A man was shot after an armed standoff with police in Fall River, Massachusetts, while experiencing a mental health crisis, the city's police department said in a statement Tuesday.

A man was fatally shot when he opened fire on police officers during a standoff at a home in Fall River, Massachusetts, early Tuesday morning, officials said. The standoff began with a report of an armed man in a mental health crisis,