BOSTON: 2 doctors found dead in luxury apartment, suspect arrested

Police officers who responded to a 911 call found two dead doctors at a luxury penthouse building in Boston where a suspect was shot and arrested after a violent struggle and an exchange of gunfire with officers.

The suspect was identified as Bampumim Teixeira, 30, of Chelsea, a city across the Mystic River from Boston.

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Multiple charges will be finalized and sought against him in South Boston District Court, according to the Boston Police Department.

No officers were struck by gunfire, but several were transported to local hospitals for non-life threatening injuries, police said.

 

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