A man was shot by police last night after first allegedly firing at the officers in Dorchester, police and sources said.

Police said the shooting happened at 9:46 p.m. on Navillus Terrace, which is near the intersection of Bowdoin and Winter streets. A police source said the man who was shot by police was killed at the scene.

The shooting happened after a state trooper and a plainclothes Boston Police Department unit began chasing a man through the neighborhood. Police would not say last night why the man was being pursued.

The source said during the chase, the man turned and fired multiple rounds at officers, then paused to reload his weapon.“He was fumbling with the clip and it was lights out,” the source said.

It was unclear last night how many officers returned fire. A police source said none of the police officers involved was harmed, but one or more were hospitalized for stress.

The shooting is under investigation by the Boston Police Department Firearms Discharge Unit and the Suffolk District Attorney’s office, which handles all police involved shootings.

At the scene, police pushed back a hostile crowd that swore at officers manning the perimeter.

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By O’Ryan Johnson and Stuart Cahill
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Labels: Boston Police Killings , Police , Police Brutality