Retired Black officer, Black Air Force veteran killed in possible hate crime: DA

A retired Massachusetts state trooper and a woman were shot by a man who allegedly rammed a stolen truck into a house, police said.

A man allegedly rammed a stolen truck into a house before fatally shooting a retired Black Massachusetts state trooper and a Black Air Force veteran Saturday, according to police. Authorities said they are investigating the incident as a hate crime. The suspect was later killed by police when they tried to apprehend him, investigators said. David L. Green, a 36-year veteran of the force, and Ramona Cooper, 60, lived in Winthrop, Massachusetts, where Saturday afternoon's incident took place, police said. Around 2:45 p.m., the suspect, identified by police Sunday as 28-year-old Nathan Allen, allegedly drove a stolen box truck into a home, but there was no one at the house at the time, police said.