Lawyer for Boston cop facing manslaughter charge in on-duty shooting calls out DA’s ‘unprecedented’ move

FIRST ON FOX: The lawyer for a Boston constabulary serviceman who has been arrested aft allegedly shooting and sidesplitting a fishy successful a carjacking says his lawsuit has an impeccable work record, and that the District Attorney's handling of his client's lawsuit has been unusual.

"He's ne'er been disciplined, ne'er reprimanded, nary occupation whatsoever," Ken Anderson of the instrumentality steadfast Anderson and Goldman told Fox News Digital.

Nicholas O'Malley, 33, was arrested connected March 19 stemming from an on-duty shooting of carjacking fishy Stephenson King, 39, connected March 11. Police were called aft a pistillate who was sitting successful the rider spot of her idling conveyance called 911 and reported that a man, aboriginal identified arsenic King, assaulted her and dragged her retired of her conveyance earlier fleeing successful it.

Boston Police Officer Nicholas O'Malley, right, speaks to his lawyer during his arraignment successful Roxbury Municipal Court successful Boston connected Thursday, March 19, 2026, for manslaughter charges successful the fatal shooting of Stephenson King.  (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe, Pool via AP)

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O'Malley has been connected the Boston Police unit for six years. He reportedly fired 3 shots upon confronting King, who ignored lawful commands during the attempted arrest, according to Larry Calderone, caput of the Boston Police Patrolman's Association. Police described a chaotic country successful which King astir backed implicit his spouse earlier accelerating forward, resulting successful the shooting.

King is described arsenic having a lengthy transgression record, and was reportedly known to police.

District Attorney Kevin Hayden's bureau alleges O'Malley committed voluntary manslaughter by shooting and sidesplitting King without reasonably fearing for his ain safety.

But Anderson described the territory attorney's actions arsenic unusual.

Boston Police officers be the arraignment for their colleague, Nicholas O'Malley, successful Roxbury Municipal Court successful Boston connected Thursday, March 19, 2026, connected manslaughter charges successful the fatal shooting of Stephenson King.  (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe, Pool via AP))

An interior probe into the shooting had not yet been completed, and a expansive assemblage had not been impaneled earlier the arrest.

"I deliberation astir of the outrage present is conscionable the information that they made a determination 8 days into this conscionable to spell apprehension him without immoderate expansive assemblage presentation," Anderson said.

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Anderson said the DA's bureau is "trying to nonstop a message." Prosecutors asked for a $25,000 bond.

"You know, obviously, the territory lawyer decided to marque this bold, unprecedented connection that has created furor oregon backlash," said Anderson. "I don't cognize wherefore helium did it. There's truly nary crushed to bash it. Again, my client, he's 33-years-old. He's lived successful Massachusetts his full life. He's married. He's got a six-month-old. He's got a three-year-old. He owns a house. He's not a formation risk."

Boston Police Officer Nicholas O'Malley, right, is accompanied by his attorney, foreground left, during his arraignment successful Roxbury Municipal Court successful Boston connected Thursday, March 19, 2026, for manslaughter charges successful the fatal shooting of Stephenson King.  (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe, Pool via AP)

"Instead of actually, letting the process tally its mode through, completing the reports — these firearm discharge probe reports usually instrumentality months to complete — in this case, conscionable to marque the decision, 8 days in, to conscionable spell apprehension him and not adjacent springiness the courtesy of the accidental conscionable to crook himself in," helium said. "I don't cognize why, they acted that way. To me, it's precise disturbing."

O'Malley has received immense enactment among his chap officers, galore of whom appeared successful tribunal during his archetypal proceeding to backmost him.

"It’s a implicit calamity that we’re present contiguous talking astir this," Calderone said successful a property league aft the hearing. "We’re present precise powerfully to archer you that we backmost our officer. The facts are going to travel out. That serviceman was successful fearfulness of his partner. It’s precise casual to travel successful Monday greeting and instrumentality a look astatine a assemblage camera and effort to find what an serviceman felt from your constituent of view. No 1 knows however it is to beryllium a antheral oregon pistillate successful uniform."

Calderone said it is hard for non-police officers to recognize what goes done an officer's caput erstwhile a split-second determination astir whether their life, the beingness of their spouse oregon the beingness of an guiltless unfortunate could beryllium astatine risk.

O'Malley has pleaded not blameworthy and was released connected his ain recognizance.

Boston Police officers permission the courtroom aft their colleague, Nicholas O'Malley, pleaded not blameworthy during his arraignment successful Roxbury Municipal Court successful Boston connected Thursday, March 19, 2026, for manslaughter charges successful the fatal shooting of Stephenson King.  (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe, Pool via AP)

Hayden is up for reelection this year, and the shooting has go a governmental flashpoint.

The apprehension has sparked involvement among respective people, including Democrats, successful moving against Hayden, Axios reported.

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Far-left Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-Mass., whose territory includes Boston, released a politically-charged connection astir the shooting.

"I americium profoundly alarmed by the caller shooting by constabulary successful Roxbury of Stephenson King. My bosom is with his household arsenic we grieve this sidesplitting and everyone impacted successful our community," she said. "The District Attorney’s bureau moved rapidly to bring charges, and it is indispensable that Stephenson’s household has entree to assemblage camera footage to guarantee a full, truthful relationship of the shooting, on with captious resources to enactment their healing. While justness would mean Stephenson’s beingness was not taken successful the archetypal place, we indispensable person transparency and accountability. That means holding everyone progressive to account. The trauma of unit reverberates acold beyond a azygous instance, truthful we indispensable stay committed to enacting policies that genuinely support america each safe."

Hayden's bureau did not instrumentality a remark request.