BELMONT, MASS. (WHDH) - A 59-year-old Belmont man has been ordered held without bail after investigators found evidence he sexually assaulted a child known to<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/no-bail-for-belmont-man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-child/">Read More</a>
White Massachusetts Man Facing Murder Charges After Shouting The N-Word and Running Over Black Man in Road Rage Altercation
Henry Tapia (Image: GoFundMe)
A white Massachusetts man is facing a murder charge after he allegedly shouted racial slurs at a Black victim before running him over and killing him. According to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the District Attorney and Belmont Chief of Police have confirmed that the suspect has been arrested and charged in the victim’s death.
According to WCVB, Dean Kapsalis has been charged with the death of Henry Tapia, 35, of Boston, who suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by Kapsalis’ vehicle. The two were embroiled in a road rage incident that led to an altercation between the two men.
Wicked Local
Henry Tapia of Boston, who was struck and killed by a vehicle last week in what is being called a hate crime, was remembered in a vigil by Community Organized for Solidarity on Jan. 21.
Hundreds gathered on Common Street in Cushing Square between Trapelo and Payson Roads holding Black Lives Matter signs and photos of Tapia, who was 35 when he was struck by a car operated by 54-year-old Dean Kapsalis of Hudson at around 4:22 p.m. on Jan. 19 on Upland Road in Belmont. Tapia was conscious when emergency workers first arrived, but he later died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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.
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.