Overview
- Suffolk County prosecutors say body‑worn video and witness accounts indicate neither officer faced imminent harm when Nicholas O’Malley opened fire.
- Investigators report O’Malley fired three shots through the driver’s window; an autopsy found Stephenson King was struck three times and no weapon was recovered.
- O’Malley was arraigned in Roxbury District Court, entered a not‑guilty plea, was released on personal recognizance with an order to surrender firearms, and is due back in May as the case goes to a grand jury.
- District Attorney Kevin Hayden says the body‑camera footage will not be released publicly to avoid jeopardizing the prosecution, despite calls from some city leaders for transparency.
- The state POST commission has suspended O’Malley’s police certification pending the case, while the patrolmen’s union and many officers publicly back his claim that he acted to protect his partner.