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| Roslindale MA: Knife vs guns 0 and 1 |
| 2015-06-02 |
| [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? |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #9 Columbo: "tell me about your ...family" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-06-02 22:16 |
| #8 My wife's uncle owned a liquor store in the same parking lot he was shot in. Then they raid a place next door to the fire station where my brother works. Small world... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2015-06-02 21:59 |
| #7 g(r), that would certainly be a reason but I've heard nothing to indicate that that was the thought. I live in MA so we've seen all the news. Nothing seems to answer the question. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-06-02 19:15 |
| #6 Usaama Rahim of Roslindale. "Pure as the driven snow, turning his life around, original family came over on the Mayflower" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-06-02 18:19 |
| #5 "Why did they have to shoot him?" If you think of somebody as a potential suicide boomer, AC... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-06-02 17:09 |
| #4 My first reaction to this was "Why did they have to shoot him?" The report didn't make it sound as though he rushed a cop with a knife, more like he walked forward and there were more than one cop there. I'd like to know "What's up with that?" Since heard they arrested someone else. Curiouser and curiouser. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-06-02 17:04 |
| #3 The Boston Herald names him, says he's been under surveillance for weeks: ...identified by Boston Police Commissioner William Evans as Usaama Rahim of Roslindale. And I just heard on NPR that his brother is an imam in California, for what that's worth. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-06-02 16:12 |
| #2 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. Too bad they couldn't have been working a little more closely together a while back. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-06-02 14:38 |
| #1 The 2nd Boston radicalized islamist to go Tango Uniform this week. All this on the heels of Boston Bombing trial. Something rotten in Bean Town. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2015-06-02 14:35 |