The officer was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital. A short time later, two men carjacked a Mercedes SUV at gunpoint, and the owner of that car was able to flee at a gas station on Memorial Drive.
At Mass. General, family members of the MIT police who was fatall shot declined to comment. About a dozen gathered outside the hospital’s emergency room, hugging and consoling one another through the night.
Early today, MIT issued a statement about the death of the officer. “MIT is heartbroken by the news that an MIT Police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty on Thursday night on campus. Our thoughts are now with the family.”