Crispng adds:

Court documents show Ruth was previously charged with stalking, trespassing, and prowling at night, but had no felony convictions.

Thanks. Sounds to me like a person who reasonable gun control laws would have prevented from gun ownership.

Aljazeera has a scant few additional details:

Police said the officers were there to serve a warrant. At a news conference, Christopher Paris, the state police commissioner, explained that they were following up on an investigation that began the day before, but he shared few other details. “The general heading of that investigation, I would say,

From the original article:

“This kind of violence is not OK. We need to do better as a society,” Shapiro said.

Seems like quite a juxtaposition there. I wonder what the “disturbance” was, and what de-escalation approaches were attempted.

Bummer, I had a pretty high opinion of RPI up until now. I would say ‘wait and see what results get published,’ but we saw how that worked out with the elections, and I can’t imagine anyone would take that money without knowing the result they’re expected to deliver.

Ballotopedia is not so ad encrusted and has this breakdown:

Wu has said she would prioritize reducing dependence on cars. Wu has highlighted her record on public transportation, including working with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority to eliminate slow zones, as well as increasing ridership with fare-free bus lines, installing speed humps, and using technology to reduce congestion.[9] Kraft has said he wouldn’t prioritize reducing dependence on cars and instead would focus on fixing roads and sidewalks, as well as temporarily pause bike lane construction to conduct an audit on the efficiency of proposed bike lanes.[18]