Ex-Con From Salem Allegedly Shoots Deputy in Boston Hospital

The Salem News is reporting that a Salem man infamous locally for alleged masked robberies is the person who shot a sheriff's deputy at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

The Essex County Sheriff's Department confirmed to the News that Raymond Wallace, 35, of 1 Courageous Court in Salem, was the alleged shooter.

The deputy was shot during a struggle for his gun with a prisoner, our sister Patch on Beacon Hill reports. A second deputy shot the prisoner. The prisoner was in critical condition. The deputy's injuries are not considered life-threatening, reported the Boston Globe.

Wallace will be well-known to Salem Patch readers. He is accused of donning a mask like this ones from the movie "The Town" and robbing the PetsMart on Highland Avenue and the now-closed Borders Books in Peabody.