Crime & Safety

Carjacker Shot, Killed After Ramming Cruisers: Police

State police said the man stole a BMW at knifepoint from a dealership in Nashua, NH, after stabbing an employee there.

Police shot and killed a man who rammed their cruisers in Newbury after stealing a car from a BMW dealership.
Police shot and killed a man who rammed their cruisers in Newbury after stealing a car from a BMW dealership. (Photo credit: Jim Smith, WBZ-TV)

NEWBURY —A suspected carjacker was shot and killed by police Sunday evening in Byfield, a village in Newbury.

State police said a 31-year-old man who stabbed an employee at a BMW dealership and stole a car was tracked to a gas station on Central Street. He rammed state and Newbury police cruisers before police shot him, police said.

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