March 11, 2026 @10PM
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.
The Suffolk District Attorney’s Office released his name in a news release this weekend.
Authorities have released few details about the police shooting, which left Stephenson dead. Officials said he accelerated and struck a Boston police cruiser in the moments before police shot him.
Stephenson had committed a carjacking outside a pizza restaurant in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood around 9:45 p.m. March 11, according to police. The mother of a restaurant employee was waiting outside to pick her up — when a man approached her and demanded the vehicle, a manager told the Globe.
About 15 minutes later, officers stopped the stolen car less than a mile away at Linwood Square in Roxbury.
The driver ignored “multiple verbal commands” as officers approached the car on foot, then tried to drive away, Police Commissioner Michael Cox said at the scene.
A man who lives in the area and witnessed the shooting said the situation escalated extremely quickly.
From: Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/14/metro/man-fatally-shot-by-boston-police-identified/
UPDATE:
BPD Officer Nicholas O’Malley (33) was arrested and charged with Manslaughter
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-police-officer-nicholas-omalley-charged-manslaughter-deadly-force-questioned/3919037/