A father who had just dropped his child off at school in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts was shot and killed Thursday in a confrontation with a man who was spray-painting a bridge, authorities said.

Police said they got a 911 call just before 9 a.m. for a dispute on a bridge over Jordan Pond. According to Worcester District Attorney Joe Early, a 57-year-old man had been coming back from walking his 6-year-old child to the Coolidge Elementary School when he saw another man spray-painting graffiti on the bridge.

Early said the father took pictures of the man spray-painting and a dispute broke out. The father then called 911.

Gunshots heard on 911 call, police say

"The 911 operator was on the phone with the victim, who was reporting the altercation, and then heard the shots and advised the oper

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