The man shot and killed by Leicester police Sunday had a confrontation in the fall with officers who were following the trail of a car that had been reported driving on three tires and a metal wheel rim.
Officers tracked Zachary M. Richardson to his home by following gouged streets and a 50-foot-long line of rocks that had been pulled into the street by an SUV, according to a police report.
When officers confronted Richardson outside the home on Trenton Street that he shared with his parents around 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 24, he called the officers “[expletive] pigs,” raised a single finger on each hand in their direction, and ordered them to get “off my [expletive] property.”
On Sunday, Richardson, according to Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr., drove another SUV to the Leicester police station after 6:13 a.m. and repeatedly rammed the building with the vehicle. When officers arrived to confront Richardson, he allegedly pulled out what police described as a rifle and pointed it at the officers. He was shot and killed. Two Leicester officers were placed on leave after the fatal shooting.
Last fall, in a report sent to the Registry of Motor Vehicles by Officer Travis W. McCauley, police wrote that another driver called 911 and reported seeing an SUV driving west on Route 9 with one wheel down to its rim. The caller lost track of the SUV when it turned onto a side street, but police determined the direction the SUV went by examining the street.
“We were able to locate the street the vehicle went down because we could see a gouge in the street coming off Main Street (Route 9) and going down Church Street,” McCauley wrote. Driving down Church Street, police saw landscaping in front of a house on the left side of the street that had been dislodged.
“Large rocks were dragged by the vehicle into the roadway which spread approximately 50 feet down the road,” McCauley wrote. “As we continued from Church Street to Towtaid Street, we were able to follow the gouge mark all the way to Trenton Street.”
Arriving at the Richardson home, officers saw a damaged Chevrolet Tahoe parked behind the house, where it had crashed into a picnic table. When officers tried to start a conversation with Richardson, he began shouting at them. Richardson smelled of alcohol, the report said, but he refused to tell police where he had been that evening.
“Due to his erratic behavior, [Richardson] was escorted into his house by his mother,” McCauley wrote.
Police cited Richardson for negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of property damage, and marked lanes violation. Richardson pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment in East Brookfield District Court on Feb. 18, records show.
Police asked the RMV to use its authority to immediately suspend a person’s right to drive if law enforcement considers that person to be an “immediate threat” to public safety when behind the wheel. That request was approved, and Richardson’s license was suspended last October, records show.
Leicester Police Chief Kenneth Antanavica and Timothy Connolly, spokesman for Early’s office, said the investigation into Richardson’s death is ongoing and the agencies had no new information to share with the public.
Richardson’s parents could not be reached for comment Thursday.
John R. Ellement can be reached at john.ellement@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @JREbosglobe.
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