[BostonGlobe] A man being followed by the Joint Terrorism Task Force was shot and fatally wounded by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent Tuesday when he approached them with a "military-style'' knife and refused to back down, officials said.
"Our officers tried their best to get him to put down the knife,'' said Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans. "Unfortunately, they had to take a life.''
The man's name was not released, and authorities would not disclose why the terrorism task force was following him. The man was in his mid 20s and was of Middle Eastern descent, said Boston Police Lieutenant Detective Michael McCarthy, a department spokesman.
Somehow I doubt the lieutenant is himself of Middle Eastern descent. Is he a racis? |