Overview
- The Suffolk County District Attorney named the deceased as Stephenson King, 39, of Dorchester.
- Police say a 9:45 p.m. 911 call reported a carjacking on Tremont Street in Mission Hill.
- Officers located the allegedly stolen vehicle about 15 minutes later on Linwood Street in Roxbury with King in the driver’s seat.
- According to Commissioner Michael Cox, King ignored commands, accelerated, struck a Boston police cruiser, and officers then fired; he later died at a hospital.
- Two officers were treated for injuries and are expected to recover, and the DA’s investigation continues as a carjacking victim recounts being punched and forced from the car.