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The two officers shot last week in East Boston have been upgraded to stable condition

Officer Richard Cintolo, left, and Officer Matt Morris. Boston Police Department via AP

Boston police officers Richard Cintolo and Matt Morris, who were shot last week in East Boston, have been upgraded to stable condition, the department announced Monday afternoon.

Cintolo and Morris had remained at Massachusetts General Hospital, in “critical, but stable” condition, through the weekend.

The two officers were shot during a confrontation with 33-year-old Kirk Figueroa, after police said they responded to a report that the East Boston resident was threatening his roommate with a knife. Figueroa, who was reportedly armed with a shotgun and bulletproof vest, was killed in the firefight.

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