White Massachusetts Man Facing Murder Charges After Shouting The N-Word and Running Over Black Man in Road Rage Altercation
Henry Tapia (Image: GoFundMe)
A white Massachusetts man is facing a murder charge after he allegedly shouted racial slurs at a Black victim before running him over and killing him. According to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the District Attorney and Belmont Chief of Police have confirmed that the suspect has been arrested and charged in the victim’s death.
According to WCVB, Dean Kapsalis has been charged with the death of Henry Tapia, 35, of Boston, who suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by Kapsalis’ vehicle. The two were embroiled in a road rage incident that led to an altercation between the two men.
Grim details emerge on death of Henry Tapia, Black man killed in road rage incident; Suspect called him racial slur as fight was deescalating, police say
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Henry Tapia, a 34-year-old Boston man, was run over by a pickup truck last week and fatally wounded. He is pictured here. A Hudson man is now facing a murder charge as well as a civil rights violation in connection with the killing of Tapia. Authorities claim the suspect called Tapia a racial slur and then ran him over with the truck during a road rage incident. A GoFundMe page has raised more than $150,000 for Tapia s loved ones in the days after the killing. (Danny Garcia/GoFundMe)
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Vermont Business Magazine The Board of Trustees of Vermont Law School (VLS) on Saturday named Beth McCormack interim president and dean. Interim Dean McCormack is the first woman to hold the position in VLS’s history and succeeds Dean Thomas McHenry, who announced his intention to step down last November. McHenry assumes the title of President and Dean Emeritus.
“I am very excited to announce that the Vermont Law School Board of Trustees unanimously elected Beth as the school s next interim president and dean,” said Glenn Berger, chair of the board. “Interim Dean McCormack is a fantastic law professor and a well-regarded leader in the legal and law school communities. With her background and substantial knowledge about the administration of the school, Beth is ready to immediately lead VLS.”
Apparent homicide, officer-involved shooting in Wakefield under investigation
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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Wakefield Chief of Police Steven Skory have confirmed the ongoing investigation into an apparent homicide that occurred today at an Otis Street residence in Wakefield.
At approximately 9:55 a.m. on Jan. 19, Wakefield Police responded to a home on Otis Street to perform a well-being check after being notified that the victim, identified as Pamela Wood, 61, of Wakefield, did not show up for work at Greenwood Elementary School where she worked as a speech therapist.
The preliminary investigation suggests that when the victim did not show up for a scheduled 8:30 a.m. appointment at Greenwood Elementary School, school officials notified the victim’s family, who went to her Otis Street home but were unable to gain entrance as they did not have a key.
DA: Woman found dead in basement; son shot after confronting officers with knife Share Updated: 6:30 PM EST Jan 19, 2021
DA: Woman found dead in basement; son shot after confronting officers with knife Share Updated: 6:30 PM EST Jan 19, 2021
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Show Transcript OF THIS HOME ON, OTIS STREET. THE RESIDENT OF THAT HOME PAMELA. WOULD AGE 61 WHO WAS EMPLOYED AS A SPEECH THERAPIST IN THE WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL HAD HAD AN 8:30 APPOINTMENT WITH A STUDENT THAT SHE DID NOT APPEAR FOR WAKEFIELD POLICE WERE SENT TO DO A WELLBEING CHECK THIS MORNING SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING THE HOUSE. THEY FOUND THE BODY OF PAMELA WOULD IN THE BASEMENT DEAD WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE MULTIPLE TRAUMATIC TRAUMATIC INJURIES, HER SON WAS THERE TOO ALIVE NO SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE VICTIMS SON. TIMOTHY MARTIN 23 YEARS OF AGE OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE EMERGED FROM A CORNER OF THE BASEMENT RUNNING AT THE OFFICER IS IN POSSESSION OF A KNIFE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARY