A carjacking suspect was shot and killed Wednesday night by police in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, according to Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox.Officers were called to a report of a carjacking at 9:45 p.m. in the 1500 block of Tremont Street.Police found a stolen car at 10 Linwood Square with the suspect still in the driver’s seat, officials said.Cox said officers approached the car and gave the suspect several verbal commands, which he ignored.The commissioner said the suspect then accelerated the vehicle in an attempt to flee, striking a Boston police cruiser.Officers discharged their firearms, striking the suspect, according to Cox.The suspect was taken to the hospital where he died. No identification has been made at this time.Cox said two officers were treated for injuries, but are expected to be OK. The shooting remains under investigation by Boston police and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
A carjacking suspect was shot and killed Wednesday night by police in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, according to Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox.
Officers were called to a report of a carjacking at 9:45 p.m. in the 1500 block of Tremont Street.
Police found a stolen car at 10 Linwood Square with the suspect still in the driver’s seat, officials said.
Cox said officers approached the car and gave the suspect several verbal commands, which he ignored.
The commissioner said the suspect then accelerated the vehicle in an attempt to flee, striking a Boston police cruiser.
Officers discharged their firearms, striking the suspect, according to Cox.
The suspect was taken to the hospital where he died. No identification has been made at this time.
Cox said two officers were treated for injuries, but are expected to be OK.
The shooting remains under investigation by Boston police and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
