For Immediate Release

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net

Statement of Whitman Police Chief Scott D. Benton

WHITMAN — Chief Scott D. Benton regrets to report that the mother of Whitman Police Department auxiliary officer Michael Combra was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon in the City of Brockton.

“On behalf of the Whitman Police Department and the entire community of Whitman, I offer my sincere condolences to Officer Combra and his family during this extremely difficult time,” Chief Benton said. “Earlier this evening, I notified the department about what has occurred, and I have asked the members of our department to please keep Officer Combra and his family in their thoughts and prayers.”

Officer Combra’s mother was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Quincy Street in Brockton. The incident is under investigation by the Brockton Police Department and State Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.

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