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Police shoot, wound car-theft suspect in Chinatown
John Kudlicka
Issue date: 4/20/06 Section: News
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Sophomore TV/video major Mike Carrier was getting ready for his day Tuesday morning in his 40 Boylston St. apartment when he heard gunshots outside his window.
"I was getting dressed and listening to The Mars Volta on my computer when all of a sudden, I heard two loud pops out my window," Carrier said. "I wasn't real suspicious, since I have seen oral sex and stabbings in the alley behind my building, so I left the apartment to go get bagels. When I came back to Boylston Street, I saw news vans and cameras everywhere. I went in for a closer look and saw smashed cars all over Washington Street."
The pops Carrier heard were gunshots.
An unspecified number of Boston Police officers fired shots into a vehicle driving recklessly, according to Boston Police Department (BPD) spokesman Mike McCarthy. The driver, Mark Botelho, 31, of Arlington, was shot in the stomach, McCarthy said.
Botelho was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment and was in stable condition Tuesday night, McCarthy said.
Botelho had crashed into three different cars in an attempt to flee Boston Police at the corner of Washington and Boylston streets, a block away from Emerson's campus, McCarthy said.
According to a press release issued by the BPD, Boston Police attempted to stop the Ford Explorer in front of 39 Boylston St. at about 11:30 a.m. Police said the car had been reported stolen from Somerville on Saturday.
As uniformed officers left their vehicle and approached the Explorer, Botelho sped down Boylston Street toward Chinatown, driving on the sidewalk near Washington Street, police said. Botelho then took a right turn on Washington Street and proceeded against traffic on the one-way road.
The Explorer collided with an unoccupied State Police vehicle and then hit an unmarked MBTA Transit Police Vehicle with three MBTA Transit Police officers and one Plymouth Police officer inside, the release said. Boston Police at the scene continued to pursue the suspect on foot at which point he reversed, crashing the Explorer into a third vehicle operated by a civilian, the release said.
"I was getting dressed and listening to The Mars Volta on my computer when all of a sudden, I heard two loud pops out my window," Carrier said. "I wasn't real suspicious, since I have seen oral sex and stabbings in the alley behind my building, so I left the apartment to go get bagels. When I came back to Boylston Street, I saw news vans and cameras everywhere. I went in for a closer look and saw smashed cars all over Washington Street."
The pops Carrier heard were gunshots.
An unspecified number of Boston Police officers fired shots into a vehicle driving recklessly, according to Boston Police Department (BPD) spokesman Mike McCarthy. The driver, Mark Botelho, 31, of Arlington, was shot in the stomach, McCarthy said.
Botelho was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment and was in stable condition Tuesday night, McCarthy said.
Botelho had crashed into three different cars in an attempt to flee Boston Police at the corner of Washington and Boylston streets, a block away from Emerson's campus, McCarthy said.
According to a press release issued by the BPD, Boston Police attempted to stop the Ford Explorer in front of 39 Boylston St. at about 11:30 a.m. Police said the car had been reported stolen from Somerville on Saturday.
As uniformed officers left their vehicle and approached the Explorer, Botelho sped down Boylston Street toward Chinatown, driving on the sidewalk near Washington Street, police said. Botelho then took a right turn on Washington Street and proceeded against traffic on the one-way road.
The Explorer collided with an unoccupied State Police vehicle and then hit an unmarked MBTA Transit Police Vehicle with three MBTA Transit Police officers and one Plymouth Police officer inside, the release said. Boston Police at the scene continued to pursue the suspect on foot at which point he reversed, crashing the Explorer into a third vehicle operated by a civilian, the release said.
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