On May 15, 2014, in Salisbury, Massachusetts, 29-year-old Nicolas Foster attacked his wife and another man with a machete, leaving them seriously injured. After the assault Foster fled but crashed his vehicle into a police SUV responding to the call, then exited his car on Cable Avenue still armed with the machete.

Officers confronted Foster, gave repeated commands to drop the weapon and deployed a Taser, but he advanced toward them and was shot and killed at the scene. The Essex District Attorney’s Office investigated and concluded the officers acted in self-defense and in defense of others; no arrests were made and the officers were found to bear no criminal responsibility.

If anyone witnessed the assault, the crash, or the confrontation on Cable Avenue, or has information about the events leading up to that day, please share what is known.