They ain't plain' beanbag!
"Weymouth woman, 72, found dead after police kill son; Officers shoot man outside house" by Stephanie Ebbert and Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff January 20, 2015
WEYMOUTH — A onetime heroin addict with a long rap sheet who had parlayed an early friendship with actor Mark Wahlberg into small acting jobs in Hollywood films was killed early Monday, as he held at least one knife and confronted police outside the home where his mother lay dead.
Patricia Campbell, 72, and Paul Campbell, 49, both lived in the house at 69 Prospect Hill Drive, where police received a 911 call just after 1 a.m. Two officers found Paul Campbell in an apparently agitated state and armed with one or more knives outside the home, Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey said in a statement.
The officers, who made simultaneous decisions to shoot, both struck him, officials said. He was taken to South Shore Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Patricia Campbell’s body was found with multiple stab wounds on the steps of the home, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, the Norfolk district attorney’s office said.
The district attorney’s office did not say whether Paul Campbell had charged the officers or whether the shooting was justified and said only that the deaths remained under investigation.
Police are investigating the stabbing of a woman at a home in Weymouth and the subsequent shooting of her son by police.
Campbell, who grew up in Dorchester, had a long record of arrests for drug possession, drunken driving, and assaulting police. His life also intersected with the families of two Boston mayors and the Wahlberg family....
Then he deserved it.
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