Officer Involved In Watertown Shootout Retires After 30 Years

WATERTOWN, MA — One of the officers involved in the Watertown shootout following the Boston Marathon bombings is retiring after 30 years on the force.

Sgt. John MacLellan grew up in Watertown, attending the high school before graduating from Bridgewater State.

He worked nights his entire career, but the night of April 18, 2019 will stay with him forever. That night, he pulled over a black Mercedes not knowing bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev would jump out and start shooting. In an interview with WBZ a year after the bombings, MacLellan remembers, “When I came around the corner, the older brother takes one shot at me. I knew it hit the windshield because I got sprayed with glass. And we know now it ended up in my headrest right behind me.”

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