The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office has ruled that a Rutland police officer was justified in using deadly force during a March standoff in Boylston that ended with the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Patrick Sargent , according to a report released Tuesday.

The Boylston Police Department criticized the manner of the report’s release, saying it lacked sensitivity and risked re-traumatizing the community.

“While we support transparency and understand the public’s interest in this incident, the report was released without any accompanying press release or summarization of the report itself. Without this, readers are left only with graphic detail that does not reflect an appropriate balance between openness and sensitivity,” read a statement from the Boylston Police Department,

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