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WEBVTT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MORNING. BOSTON POLICE CHASE AFTER A SUSPECT WHO THEY SAY SHOPPING OFFICER IN ROXBURY. >> OFFICER IS STILL GOING. JENNIFER: THAT MINIVAN CRASHED ON GEORGE STREET, SLAMMING RIGHT INTO A WOMAN’S PARKED CAR. >>TO A WOMAN’S PARKED CAR. HE WAS GASPING FOR AIR ACTUALLY. AS POLICE APPROACHED, THAT IS WHEN HE FELL OVER. >> UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON SCENE. A FIREARM WAS RECOVERED FROM THAT SUSPECT’S MOTOR VEHICLE. JENNIFER: 5 INVESTIGATES HAS CONFIRMED THE SUSPECT WAS 36-YEAR-OLD KASIM KAHRIM. KAHRIM WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN DECEMBER AFTER SERVING MORE THAN TWO YEARS FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION AND DISCHARGE OF THIS REVOERLV THE INCIDENT BEGAN A QUARTER MILE AWAY ON GERARD STREET. A WITNESS TELLS NEWSCENTER 5 THE SUSPECT WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR AND THE OFFICERS PULLED UP BE HIND HIM. >> THE OFFICERS WERE IN UNIFORM AND IT WAS A MARKED POLICE VEHICLE. THE SUSPECT FIRED UPON THE OFFICERS THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE. JENNIFER: WOMEN LEAVING KAHRIM’S HOME IN DORCHESTER HAD NO COMMENT. SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RACHEL ROLLINS SAID IN A STATEMENT "I WILL BE CONDUCTING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THIS INCIDENT AND IT WILL BE FULL, FAIR, THOROUGH, AND IMPARTIAL." >> IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S UNRE.AL SAD FOR BOTH PARTIES. JENNIF:ER DID YOU OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING HAVE WONDERED TWO YEARS ON THE FORC

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A Boston police officer shot in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood overnight is expected to make a full recovery. NewsCenter 5 sources identified the shooter as Kasim Kahrim, 36, of Dorchester. The incident happened at about 2:21 a.m. near 102 Gerard St. when two officers attempted to make a traffic stop, Boston police Commissioner William Gross said.“The officers, who were in uniform, were fired upon and there was an exchange of gunfire that resulted in that officer being shot several times," Gross said. Gross said the officer was shot several times, including in the torso. The officer has been with the department for about 1 to 2 years, Gross said. The vehicle fled the shooting scene, and was located near 90 George St. a short time later, Gross said. Inside, officers located the shooter, a man in his mid- to late-30s, dead, Gross said. A firearm was recovered from the motor vehicle, Gross said.The officer was taken to Boston Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. 5 Investigates has learned that Kahrim was released from MCI Shirley in December after serving time for a March 2016 arrest and guilty plea for illegal possession of a loaded firearm.5 Investigates found that Kahrim has other previous arrests, but not convictions, in recent years for charges including criminal harassment, assault with a dangerous weapon and selling/possessing an electric stun gun. Police are seeking witnesses and surveillance video of Friday's incident.Statement from Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins:“Any loss of life is tragic and this morning’s events on Gerard Street are no exception. I want to express my relief that the injured officer is expected to survive. I hope for his full recovery, and my thoughts are with his family at home and his brothers and sisters in law enforcement. I also want to express my deep sadness and sympathies for the family and loved ones of the man whose life was lost. They, too, are undoubtedly in shock at circumstances beyond their control.“I want to assure the people of Boston and Suffolk County that I will be conducting an independent investigation into this incident and it will be full, fair, thorough, and impartial. If anyone in the community has information on this incident they haven’t yet disclosed, they can feel safe bringing it to my attention.“In these early stages, I have assigned First Assistant District Attorney Daniel Mulhern to handle this investigation and report directly to me. As my direct representative, ADA Mulhern responded to the scene last night and has updated me regularly throughout the early morning hours, as has Commissioner Gross. I spoke with the Commissioner immediately after the shooting and we have communicated several times since then. “By statute, this investigation and all decisions stemming from it rest exclusively with me, the District Attorney, independent of any other agency or individual. I pledge to base any decision I make exclusively on the facts, the evidence, and the law, and again I offer my prayers and condolences to both families impacted by this shooting.”