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The shooting death of Usaamah Rahim at the hands of police in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood in 2015 was ruled justified, but his family wants the case to get another look.

Usaamah Rahim was walking to a bus stop in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood in 2015 when he was approached by members of a joint terrorism task force. He was shot and killed, and a knife was recovered, in a burst of violence in a case that made national headlines. The officers’ actions were ruled justified, but Rahim’s family wants the...

Vermont State Police identified Thursday the Florida man who was killed by a Rutland City Police officer inside a McDonald’s restaurant. An autopsy determined that Jonathan Daniel Mansilla, 33, of Miami, died Wednesday of gunshot wounds to the chest. The officer who fired the shots was identified as Rutland City Police Cpl. Christopher Rose, a five-year veteran of the department….

Investigators have found that police were justified when they shot and killed a man in Quincy, Massachusetts, this spring after he led police on a chase in a stolen cruiser. Eric Leach, 37, was shot and killed by police in a stolen police cruiser on March 26 after a chaotic chase through the South Shore and two standoffs after he…

New dashcam video shows part of a police chase that ended with a man shot and killed in Rockland. The district attorney ruled the shooting to be justified.

One of Stephanie Gerardi’s friends say she needs justice, saying it’s not a crime to battle mental health issues.

The DA identified the woman as 38-year-old Stephanie Gerardi, of Saugus.

A 38-year-old woman has died in a police shooting in Saugus, Massachusetts, after she allegedly confronted officers with a knife at a home in Saugus, Massachusetts, authorities announced.

The Boston Police Department said during a press conference that the shooting happened after a traffic stop on the 3800 block of Washington Street around 11:20 a.m.

A police officer shot a man Thursday morning in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood, according to authorities. The shooting happened after a traffic stop on the 3800 block of Washington Street around 11:20 a.m., the Boston Police Department said. Superintendent in Chief Gregory Long said officers and the driver struggled over a firearm found in the vehicle. “During the struggle, one of…

Police in Rhode Island are investigating the shooting of an 18-year-old man by an off-duty Pawtucket officer, West Greenwich Chief Richard Ramsay said. The chain of events started at about 8 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 95 and ended up off the highway outside a West Greenwich pizza shop, Ramsay said. Both men were in separate vehicles. “I believe the officer…

A man is dead after being shot by police in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, on Monday. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said only that officials are responding to a police shooting and that one man has died as a result of the incident on Lyford Hill Road. The man who died was identified Monday night as 52-year-old Anthony Hannon...

Two Braintree police officers are recovering following a fatal shootout in the city on Friday.

Two officers were wounded in a shootout in Braintree that also left a domestic violence suspect and a police dog dead.

Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey spoke to reporters after a domestic violence suspect opened fire on two police officers and a police dog searching for him in the woods in Braintree, leaving the officers hurt and the dog dead and dying himself.

Two officers were injured, but are expected to recover, after being shot while responding to what was called a domestic situation in Braintree, Massachusetts.

A nearby resident describes a chaotic scene in Braintree, Massachusetts, that resulted in two police officers being shot.

Two police officers were shot while searching for a suspect in a domestic incident in Braintree. Both officers are expected to survive, while the suspect has died, as well as a police K-9 dog, authorities say.

Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, released audio Thursday from a 911 call made by the man killed during an April standoff with officers. Officer Paul Cyr fatally shot 31-year-old Phet Gouvonvong during an encounter on April 21. The 911 call starts with the operator saying a man was claiming he had a bomb strapped to his back. The caller, identified as…

Prosecutors identified the man killed after allegedly ramming his SUV into a police station multiple times.