Danvers Shooting Suspect Ordered Held Pending Dangerous Hearing

DANVERS, MA — The suspect accused of shooting of a woman and engaging police in a standoff that lasted nearly two hours at a Danvers trailer park on Monday was held pending a dangerousness hearing at Salem District Court on Tuesday.

The Essex County District Attorney's Office said Joseph Hurley, 62, who was arraigned via Zoom from his hospital bed after sustaining injuries during the standoff, is scheduled back in court on Feb. 12.

Hurley is charged with armed assault with intent to murder, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.

The Essex DA's Office said shortly after noon on Monday police received a call from a woman who said she had been shot multiple times at the trailer park at 98 Newbury Street. State Police, Danvers Police and a S.W.A.T. team responded with the Essex DA's Office saying that officers came under fire as they approached the trailer.

Police said they were able to rescue the woman, who had fled to a neighboring trailer, and she was taken to Beverly Hospital before then being flown to a Boston hospital.

Prosecutors said she remained in a hospital recovering from her wounds on Tuesday.

With Route 1 closed at Route 114 during the standoff, the suspect remained barricaded for nearly two hours before he was taken into custody.

A nearby daycare was evacuated during the standoff in which the suspect is accused of firing a gun at police.

Police said a wound that Hurley sustained during the standoff was self-inflicted.