An incident that drew dozens of police from multiple agencies was “not criminal in nature,” according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.
Watertown News contacted Watertown Police and Massachusetts State Police after residents reported seeing police activity in the area of the Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery on Friday. Neighbors also said they heard what might have been a gunshot or gunshots.
Inquiries to law enforcement agencies were referred to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. Spokeswoman Meghan Kelly did not provide details, but said: “The incident was not criminal in nature, there is no foul play suspected and no public safety risk.”
The gate to the Cemetery, at the end of Cottage Street, was blocked off with police tape Friday afternoon.
The Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, which is owned by the Archdiocese of Boston, is separate from the Mount Auburn Cemetery. Burials no longer take place at the cemetery, and records exist for burials from 1885 to 1947, according to a piece on the Historical Society of Watertown’s website. It is also sometime referred to as the Sand Banks Cemetery and Cottage Street Cemetery.