--An armed Lynn man was in a standoff with police for seven-and-a-half hours before he was shot and killed this morning. WBZ quotes District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett as saying, "Shots were fired -- again, after attempts to use many non-lethal techniques -- the man was pronounced dead at Lynn Union Hospital at approximately 5:30." [WBZ]

--Two men were arrested in Natick for assault and battery on each other after fighting in a Sovereign Bank parking lot. Apparently they were attendees of a nearby house party and took their conflict outside. They are also charged with disturbing the peace. [MetroWest Daily News]

--A 35-year-old man in tiny [population 1,500] New Marlborough in southern Massachusetts has been charged with killing his mother. [Boston Herald]

--Boston Blotter would like to congratulate Jessica Van Sack for taking Michele McPhee's old slot as the Herald's "The Beat" columnist. Her debut is about the struggles the Boston Police Department faces when trying to fire bad cops. [Boston Herald]

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