Overview
- Officer Nicholas O’Malley pleaded not guilty in Roxbury District Court and was released on personal recognizance with a requirement to surrender firearms.
- Investigators say body‑worn camera video and witness accounts provide probable cause that the March 11 use of deadly force was not legally justified.
- Court documents describe O’Malley warning, “Bro, I’m gonna [expletive] shoot you,” before firing three rounds through the driver’s window as the car moved to flee.
- An autopsy found Stephenson King was struck by three projectiles and investigators reported no weapon was recovered from him or the vehicle.
- District Attorney Kevin Hayden will present the case to a grand jury in the coming weeks, is withholding the video to protect the prosecution, and POST has suspended O’Malley’s police certification as community leaders press for the footage.