Massachusetts Ex-Firefighter Charged in Shooting; Victim Critical

BOURNE, Mass. (AP) -- A Wareham man was in critical condition at a Boston hospital after he was allegedly shot by a former Bourne firefighter.

Police said Jeffrey Harrington, 30, of the town's Buzzards Bay section, was arrested Sunday morning and charged with shooting 36-year-old Gerald Carbone in the head during an altercation earlier that morning.

Harrington was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Falmouth District Court on charges including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

According to police, Carbone and Harrington got into a fight shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Tamijka Fernandes, who was walking home from a market, spotted Carbone lying bleeding in the intersection of Cohasset and Wallace avenues.