Overview
- Officers responded to a reported carjacking at 1500 Tremont Street and found the vehicle near 10 Linwood Square shortly before 10 p.m.
- Police say they approached on foot and gave multiple commands before the driver accelerated and struck a Boston police cruiser.
- Officers fired, hitting the occupant, who was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
- Two officers inside the cruiser were evaluated as a precaution and were not believed injured, and the carjacking victim was unharmed.
- Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden went to the scene and said the case is active, and the identities of those involved have not been released.