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Shot by Police Timeline 2010 - Present
Lexington, MA
April 18, 2026
An as of yet unidentified Lexington resident was fatally shot by a police officer outside his home on Mason Street around 1:40 p.m. on Saturday 4/18/26 according to the Middlesex County district attorney. Read More
Boston, MA
April 4, 2026
Boston police shoot, kill man, now identified as Jacob Graves, 29 of New Hampshire who allegedly stabbed officer with sword near NU campus while experiencing ‘mental health crisis,’ police say. Read More
Boston, MA
March 11, 2026
Authorities say the man killed by Boston police after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in a stolen car last week has been identified as Stephenson King, 39, of Dorchester. Read More
Cambridge, MA
January 4, 2023
Authorities say a man armed with a knife was killed in a police shooting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read More
Lexington, MA
February 12, 2022
On February 12, 2022, police responded to a 911 call to find 35 year old Brendan Reilly holding a kitchen knife in the backyard of the house, a group home for people with addiction and mental health issues. He was shot and killed by officers. Read More
Arlington, MA
Nov. 2, 2020
Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man inside a Winchester apartment building on Monday night, police and prosecutors said in a statement. Read More
Boston, MA
February 7, 2020
A man killed by police following a confrontation outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Friday that also left a hospital employee critically injured had a history of mental illness and a “gentle soul,” his parents said. Police said he was shot and killed after he refused to drop what appeared to be a firearm. Read More
Boston, MA
September 29, 2019
Boston police identified the deceased man as Isaac Rasheed Smith, 37, who lived and worked at the 14-room bed-and-breakfast at 21-23 Wyman St. His death remains under investigation. Read More
Boston, MA
June 24, 2019
A 19-year-old man was killed in an officer-involved shooting in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston on Monday evening. Witnesses told police that the victim fired gunshots at two Boston police officers before he was fatally shot. Read More
Boston, MA
February 22, 2019
At about 2:21 AM on Friday, February 22, 2019, officers assigned to District C-6 (South Boston) encountered a male operating a motor vehicle in the area of 102 Gerard Street in Roxbury. During the interaction, an exchange of gunfire occurred between the suspect and officers. Read More
Pawtucket, RI
September 7, 2018
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves, speaking at a news conference Friday afternoon, said officers received a call at about 6:15 a.m. Friday, September 7 2018 reporting of a man with a gun. Read More
Boston, MA
October 30, 2016
Coleman’s mother said she called for an ambulance to take her son to the hospital after he refused to leave the front porch for two days. Authorities said Coleman was suffering from paranoia and schizophrenia. Read More
Boston, MA
October 12, 2016
Figueroa’s roommate called 911 after Figueroa allegedly threatened him with a knife. Figueroa, a local constable, opened fire when police responded, seriously wounding two officers, according to authorities. Officials said he was killed in gun battle with police. Read More
Boston, MA
February 12, 2016
Coleman’s mother said she called for an ambulance to take her son to the hospital after he refused to leave the front porch for two days. Authorities said Coleman was suffering from paranoia and schizophrenia. Read More
Boston, MA
February 12, 2016
Fanfan was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police, authorities said. Officers said they were responding to reports of a shooting nearby. Read More
Boston, MA
June 2, 2015
Usaamah Rahim was under surveillance by the Joint Terrorism Task Force and was approached by FBI & BPD while on his way to work. Officers say Rahim lunged at them with a military style knife and they were forced to shoot him. Read More
Boston, MA
March 27, 2015
Angelo “G-Low” West was stopped in a vehicle after being surveilled and followed by the Gang Squad of the BPD. Angelo West exited the vehicle and shot a BPD Officer. West ran a short distance where he was shot dead by the other officers. Read More
Boston, MA
April 5, 2014
Remis M. Andrews, 38, of Boston was shot and killed after allegedly lunging at officers with knives while they were attempting to arrest him. Read More
Boston, MA
December 7, 2013
20-year-old Darryl Dookhran was killed Saturday December 7th, 2013 in the afternoon after two plainclothes BPD officers stopped him. Read More
Lynn, MA
September 5, 2013
Veteran Reynoso was shot to death by a local officer in his own apartment, in front of his five-year-old son. Read More
Boston, MA
August 7, 2013
Police said two plainclothes officers were conducting a drug investigation at about 2 p.m., when they saw two men acting suspiciously. Police said when they approached, one of the men began shooting. The officers returned fire, striking Hendricks,who was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he later died. Read More
Boston, MA
June 2, 2013
38-year old Ross Baptista of Dorchester was shot and killed by the Boston Police after they responded twice to reports of a shooting outside a house party on June 2, 2013. Read More
Boston, MA
August 21, 2012
On August 21, 2012, 26-year-old Burrell Ramsey-White was shot and killed by the Boston Police is his Tent City neighborhood. Read More
Rockland, MA
September 7, 2011
Boston Police shot and killed Mark McMullen after a chase beginning in Roxbury on Blue Hill Ave. continuing through Boston and onto I-93 which ended at Exit 14 off Route 3 South in Rockland. Read More
Boston, MA
June 14, 2011
Police say Cummings pulled out a handgun while being frisked and pointed it at an officer’s head. In the resulting firefight one of the officers and a member of Cumming’s family were both wounded in the leg, and Cummings was shot six times. Read More
Rockland, MA
September 7, 2011
Retired 68-year-old bus MBTA mechanic was shot by a Framingham police officer during a drug raid at his home. According to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office it was an accident. Read More
Boston, MA
April 3, 2010
19 yrs. old Manuel “Junior” DaVeiga was shot by BPD in Dorchester, investigation ongoing. Suffolk DA and BPD say he exchanged fire with officers and was wounded before shot himself in the head which was the fatal and final shot. Community and family members raised questions about the police account of the incident. Read More