MASSACHUSETTS: Fugitive Andre Sterling who shot Trooper John Lennon on a traffic stop was cornered like a rat in New York and died in a shootout with US Marshals task force

Suspect Wanted for Shooting Trooper, Tracked to NY, Killed in Shootout​ in the Bronx




FROM WANTED POSTER: On Friday, November 20, 2020, at approximately 11:36 PM, a Massachusetts State Police Trooper was shot during a traffic stop on Camp Street in Hyannis, MA. The ensuing investigation spearheaded by the Cape & Islands State Police Detective Unit identified Andre K. STERLING as the alleged shooter. As a result, STERLING faces charges out of Barnstable District Court for Armed Assault With Intent to Murder, Possession of a Firearm, Assault & Battery With a Firearm, Larceny of a Motor Vehicle, and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle with full extradition authorized.


STERLING has 2 additional Massachusetts warrants for charges to include Identity Fraud, A&B on a Police Officer, Fail to Stop for Police, and related. He further is wanted out of the state of Wyoming for Narcotics charges.
STERLING is a native of Jamaica and is reported to have a scar on his left hand. The weapon used in the shooting of the Trooper has not been recovered and STERLING should be considered Armed and Dangerous.

Sterling had two outstanding warrants in Massachusetts for identity fraud, assault, and battery on a police officer, and failure to stop for police. He also is wanted in the state of Wyoming for narcotics charges.

Sterling is from Jamaica and is reported to have a scar on his left hand. He was identified as a 5-foot-11-inch Black male weighing approximately 160 pounds.

The weapon used in the shooting of the trooper has not been recovered and Sterling should be considered armed and dangerous.

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Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe, Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher Mason, Barnstable Police Chief Matthew Sonnabend, and the United States Marshals Service (USMS) announce that suspect ANDRE STERLING (dob: 10-2-85), wanted for the November 20, 2020 shooting of a Massachusetts State Police Trooper, was recently tracked to the Bronx borough of New York City.

At approximately 5:30 AM today members of a USMS New York/New Jersey Task Force went to an apartment in the Bronx, where intelligence suggested Sterling may have been present.

Preliminary investigation indicates there was an exchange of gunfire. Two Deputy Marshalls were shot, and Sterling was killed.

The two Deputy Marshals suffered injuries believed to be non-life threatening.

Four Massachusetts State Police Troopers — two members of the Department’s Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section and two members from the State Police Detective Unit for the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office — were present at the scene of this morning’s operation. The Troopers were maintaining a perimeter to ensure the safety of the public.

Last week, District Attorney O’Keefe, Colonel Mason, and Chief Sonnabend announced that arrest warrants had been obtained charging STERLING with armed assault with intent to murder and related offenses for his shooting of Trooper John Lennon late on the night of November 20, 2020.

Trooper Lennon was shot on November 20, 2020, after conducting a motor vehicle stop in Hyannis. He was struck in the hand and in his torso and was treated at Cape Cod Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Trooper Lennon was released from MGH several days later and continues his recovery.

The shooting incident remains under investigation by authorities in New York City.