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Conflicting Stories Of Police Killing Of Man In South End

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Hope Coleman holds old photos of her son Terrence, who was fatally shot by Boston police on Sunday morning. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Hope Coleman holds old photos of her son Terrence, who was fatally shot by Boston police on Sunday morning. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A 31-year-old man was shot by Boston police in the South End early Sunday morning. Police Commissioner William Evans said deadly force was necessary because the man was holding a knife and began attacking the EMTs on the scene.

Hope Coleman, the victim's mother, had called the police to help her get her mentally unstable son to the hospital. She says he was unarmed at the time of the shooting.

Guest

Simón Rios, WBUR reporter. He tweets @simonfrios.

This segment aired on October 31, 2016.

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