Police: Hudson man shouted racial slurs before driving into and killing father of 3
BELMONT - The Middlesex District Attorney s office has identified the Boston man who died following an alleged road rage confrontation with a Hudson man as Henry Tapia.
The district attorney said Dean Kapsalis, 54, faces charges that include a civil rights violation, after he allegedly struck and killed Tapia with his truck following a racially-charged roadside argument on Tuesday night.
District Attorney Marian Ryan and Belmont Chief of Police James MacIsaac confirmed Wednesday that Kapsalis had been arraigned in Cambridge District Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a civil rights violation causing injury and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
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A man ran over over another man, killing him, after shouting racial slurs at at him in Belmont Tuesday, according to prosecutors who filed a civil rights violation and other charges against the driver.
Dean Kapsalis, a 54-year-old from Hudson with a lengthy history of violations behind the wheel, is accused of hitting a 35-year-old Boston man with his Dodge Dakota truck after the two got into an argument.
Kapsalis shouted racial epithets at the victim, Henry Tapia, who was Black, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said at a news conference Wednesday.
One man is dead and another man is facing charges in what authorities are calling a road rage encounter.
Dean Kapsalis, 54, of Hudson, was arrested Tuesday and charged with a civil rights violation causing injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and leaving the scene of a crash.
Belmont police responded to a 911 call on Upland Road around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, and found Henry Tapia, 35, of Boston, injured in the road, according to a statement by the Middlesex County district attorney s office and Belmont Police Chief James MacIsaac. Tapia was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and later died from his injuries.
Fatal road rage incident under investigation in Belmont Share Updated: 4:50 PM EST Jan 20, 2021
Fatal road rage incident under investigation in Belmont Share Updated: 4:50 PM EST Jan 20, 2021
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Show Transcript SUPPOSEDLY USED A RACIAL SLUR. FAMILY MEMBERS GATHERED TODAY TO SEE THE AREA WHERE THEIR LOVED ONE WAS LOST. WE HEARD THE TIRES SQUEALING, THE ENGINE ROARING. SERA: POLICE A MAN WAS INTENTIONALLY RUN OVER BY A PICKUP TRUCK AND THEN THE DRIVER TOOK OFF. THE VICTIM LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. I HEARD THE COMMOTION, HEARD MY DAUGHTER SCREAM. I SAW THE GENTLEMAN ON THE GROUND AND MY DAUGHTER TRYING TO HELP. SERA: THE 54-YEAR-OLD WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, HE AND THE VICTIM WERE OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES HAVING A VERBAL FIGHT. HE ALLEGEDLY USED A RACIAL SLUR BEFORE RUNNING THE VICTIM OVER. HE DROVE OVER THE CIVILIAN AND LEFT THE SCENE. SERA: HE TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER. TO FAMILIES NOW ARE