Investigators Explore Connection Between Officer and Nagy's Wife

Investigators are now probing the connection between Beverly Police Office Jason Lantych, Sgt. Kenneth Nagy and Nagy's wife Katherine.

According to an article in the Boston Globe, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett told reporters on Tuesday: “They were friends, have known each other for a number of years, and that is something that we are looking at,” Blodgett said. “They had a professional relationship, based upon their working domestic violence cases.”

Blodgett’s comments, made during a press conference in Newburyport on a domestic violence study, marked the first time investigators have provided details about the connection between the two colleagues, a source of widespread speculation in the two North Shore towns, according to the Globe report.

Nagy, 43, had two young children. Lantych, 35, is single. The Beverly officer is recovering from his wounds at Beverly Hospital.

Blodgett said authorities have conducted numerous interviews and are awaiting the results of ballistics tests to determine whether Nagy shot Lantych -- and himself -- with his department-issued weapon.

In the Globe article, Beverly Police Officer David Costa, a department spokesman, said Lantych was “doing good.”

Costa said he had not seen Lantych on Tuesday, but when he saw him Monday he was able to move his hand and his leg. “It’s a good sign but he really has a long way to go,” Costa said.

“There’s a lot of speculation out there about what happened. We want people to know Jason Lantych is a good officer. He has no record of discipline. People speculating kind of make him look bad. He’s not a bad guy,” Costa said.