A vigil will be held Wednesday in Brookline, Massachusetts, for a Mattapan man who was shot and killed by police four years ago.
Juston Root, 41, led police on a chase on Feb. 7, 2020, that started at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and ended in a violent crash in Brookline, Boston police said.
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Officers thought Root had a gun but it later turned out he had a semi-automatic BB pistol, police said. He was shot more than 30 times after refusing to surrender to police.
His family said Root was suffering a mental health crisis and they're calling for an independent investigation into his death.
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