Massachusetts Police ID Suspects in Armed Highway Standoff

Traffic on Interstate 95 is diverted in the area of an hours long standoff with a group of armed men that partially shut down the highway, in Wakefield, Mass., on July 3, 2021. Michael Dwyer/AP Photo

WAKEFIELD, Mass.—The Massachusetts State Police have identified eight of the 11 males who were arrested following an hourslong armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95.

They were charged with a variety of offenses, including unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and the use of body armor in commission of a crime, police said in a news release issued late Saturday.