BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a man under surveillance by terrorism investigators has lunged at officials with a military-style knife and has been fatally shot in Boston.
Police Commissioner William Evans says the man was shot at about 7 a.m. Tuesday at a pharmacy in the city’s Roslindale neighborhood and has died.
Evans says the man was under surveillance by the Joint Terrorism Task Force. His name was not made public.
Evans says when a city officer and an FBI agent approached the man to talk to him, he pulled a military-style knife and lunged at them. He says both the officer and FBI agent opened fire.
The man was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Evans says the officer and agent were also taken to the hospital for evaluations.
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This story has been corrected to show that it’s not clear who killed the man, not that he was killed by a Boston police officer.
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“Military knife”…yeah, let’s make knives sound deadlier and scarier by calling it “military” style. Jesus Christ. What? Was it a Swiss Army knife? Is that what made it “military” style?
Lets find out a few more facts before we freak out.
Maybe they are telling the truth & they are heroes. I have no reason to doubt it. But recent events have proven that huge numbers of LEOs would accuse the suspect of threatening them whether or not it was true. And worse, that almost everyone in law enforcement would back them up, even if they knew it was a lie.
THAT is the tipping point that law enforcement doesn’t seem to understand. The “blue wall of silence” brings under suspicion officers who would never themselves do that sort of thing. Though I believe the legal term for assisting in a crime is “accessory”, so it’s not like those who keep silence are innocent.
I’ll wait for the facts to be revealed.
That may be true for some police in some cities. Boston, by contrast, has been at the forefront of community policing as part of their efforts to reduce crime. It seems to be working. The current police commisioner, (as well as the former one who was serving during the marathon bombing time), are aggressive in trying to be transparent, to hold themselves accountable, to meet with families of victims of fatal police shootings, etc.
Boston is generally doing better than many larger cities in this regard, and they are often called-upon to consult and coach other large cities in implementing more reasonable police-community relations efforts. I’ll wait for a full airing of this incident which I expect will be forthcoming within a few days, at most.