Mark McMullen shooting death – dead, obituary, funeral: Mark McMullen died September 7, 2011 after Boston police officer Christopher Carr shot him four times following a high-speed car chase from Roxbury to Rockland.
Mark was only 44 years old.
The police chase that ended Mark McMullen life in 2011 had started when plain-clothes Boston police officers noticed McMullen sitting in a car with a known prostitute and approached the vehicle.
According to police, as the woman climbed out of the car, McMullen accelerated backward and struck her with the open passenger door of the car, dragging her for about 10 feet.
With Boston and State Police following him, McMullen got on the highway and drove for 18 miles down routes 93 and 3 at speeds of up to 80 miles.
At the Freeport Street ramp in Dorchester, McMullen’s car struck a stopped car as he passed it on the shoulder. He drove directly toward a Boston police officer who had his gun aimed at McMullen’s car, police said.
McMullen got off the highway at Exit 15 in Hingham and struck three police cruisers as he crossed over a grassy area and drove up the on ramp back onto Route 3.
At Exit 14 in Rockland, McMullen drove down the off ramp and made a sudden U-turn back onto the on ramp, crashing head on into an unmarked State Police vehicle.
As McMullen revved the engine of the car, which had become stuck in the wet grass, officers tried to smash the windows to get him out, police said.
The car then lurched forward toward Boston Officer Christopher Carr, who fired four shots into the car, police said.
Police said McMullen continued to struggle and said, “I want to die,” as officers pulled him from the car and began to administer first aid. He was taken to South Shore Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m.
Mark McMullen had been shot twice in the chest, once in the torso and once in each arm. A doctor determined that the wounds to the left chest and right torso were both potentially fatal.
Mark McMullen death: Officer Christopher Carr after Mark McMullen death
After Mark McMullen death, State Police detectives attached to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office reviewed the shooting for over 5 months and determined that Boston officer Christopher Carr was justified in shooting Quincy man Mark McMullen who led police on a high-speed chase.
According to the investigators, police had reason to believe McMullen posed “an immediate deadly threat” to officers and that the shooting was “lawful.”
Police said an autopsy conducted the day after the shooting determined that McMullen had ingested a “significant amount” of cocaine shortly before fleeing police in Roxbury.
Police also said a witness also told investigators that McMullen appeared “very high” on crack while parked on Blue Hill Avenue that morning.
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