Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:05:17 AM
PPOLICE-Man Fatally Shot By Officer Was Unarmed
An apparently unarmed man was shot and killed by a Boston police officer Tuesday morning in Roxbury.
NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper said that Willie Murray Jr., 37, of the city's South End neighborhood, was shot at about 4 a.m. on Elm Hill Avenue, after an officer saw him apparently driving the wrong way on Crawford Street.
Murray allegedly did not stop for the officer.
"We had a police officer involved in a motor vehicle stop," police spokeswoman Mariellen Burns said. "The officer was then involved in a shooting. The suspect is at this point is deceased. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died."
In a morning press conference, Deputy Chief Paul Farrahar said that Murray was not armed.
"The exact sequence of events that occurred during the stop which led the officer to shooting the suspect is still under investigation," Farrahar said.
"We don't believe that the driver was armed," Farrahar said.
Murray's relatives told NewsCenter 5 that Murray was shot in the head.
Resident Aaron Greene lives at the intersection of Crawford and Elm Hill. He said that he heard shots being fired.
"I heard two shots fired," Greene said. "I looked out my window. I saw a cop standing in front of the car, the ambulance came and took the guy out of the car."
While the driver was taken to the hospital, a man in the passenger side of the car was not injured. Responding officers handcuffed the man and brought him to the station for questioning. Three hours later, Murray's Chrysler was towed from scene, and police began checking it for evidence.
Registry records indicate that the license plate on the vehicle was not the right one.
A police investigation is focusing on whether the police officer was justified in using deadly force. The officer has been placed on administrative leave.
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An apparently unarmed man was shot and killed by a Boston police officer Tuesday morning in Roxbury.
NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper said that Willie Murray Jr., 37, of the city's South End neighborhood, was shot at about 4 a.m. on Elm Hill Avenue, after an officer saw him apparently driving the wrong way on Crawford Street.
Murray allegedly did not stop for the officer.
"We had a police officer involved in a motor vehicle stop," police spokeswoman Mariellen Burns said. "The officer was then involved in a shooting. The suspect is at this point is deceased. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died."
In a morning press conference, Deputy Chief Paul Farrahar said that Murray was not armed.
"The exact sequence of events that occurred during the stop which led the officer to shooting the suspect is still under investigation," Farrahar said.
"We don't believe that the driver was armed," Farrahar said.
Murray's relatives told NewsCenter 5 that Murray was shot in the head.
Resident Aaron Greene lives at the intersection of Crawford and Elm Hill. He said that he heard shots being fired.
"I heard two shots fired," Greene said. "I looked out my window. I saw a cop standing in front of the car, the ambulance came and took the guy out of the car."
While the driver was taken to the hospital, a man in the passenger side of the car was not injured. Responding officers handcuffed the man and brought him to the station for questioning. Three hours later, Murray's Chrysler was towed from scene, and police began checking it for evidence.
Registry records indicate that the license plate on the vehicle was not the right one.
A police investigation is focusing on whether the police officer was justified in using deadly force. The officer has been placed on administrative leave.
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