Police attempted to persuade Hopkinton's homicide suspect to not shop for weapons. Hopkinton police twice attempted to prevent Joseph Francis from buying a gun because of his long crook records — years earlier than he killed his estranged spouse and himself, 14 news networks had discovered. Hopkinton Police leader Mark carrier confirmed Friday that the department denied that the 49 months-vintage's gun programs for 2022 and 20214 The revelation was first said with the aid of The Boston Globe. Police rushed to their Stubtown street domestic after one of the children called for assist. Joseph initiated, leading to an intensive statewide search that ended in an coincidence on Nooseneck Hill street. Police subsequently located him dead inside the motive force's seat of his badly broken automobile.