Police release recordings from moments after New Bedford officer was shot

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- New Bedford police released audio recordings Wednesday from the moments after an officer was shot last week.

Officer Jonathan Lagoa was shot Friday night while attempting to serve a warrant at a Davis Street apartment. He sustained what is considered a non-life threatening injury to the leg.

Two men, Nathan Manuel-Jackson, 20, of New Bedford, and Thomas Scott, 34, of Mattapan, were charged in the incident.

Manuel-Jackson is charged with armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and discharging a firearm within 500-feet of a dwelling. Scott is charged with accessory after the fact and a firearm violation with one prior violent or drug crime.

Both men are also charged with unlawful carrying of a firearm and unlawful carrying of a loaded firearm.

Three other people inside the apartment at the time of the shooting could still face charges.

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