Massachusetts man accused of pepper spraying multiple officers and assaulting bystanders at courthouse

A gas-mask-wearing assailant stormed into a Massachusetts courthouse on April 14 and unleashed a tirade, pepper-spraying officers and assaulting bystanders at random in a shocking, caught-on-camera attack.

Nicholas Akerberg, 28, showed up to the Woburn District Court in the Boston suburbs locked and loaded with a gas mask, tactical boots, and sunglasses before he barged inside, according to police and security footage.

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