The death of a man following a physical struggle with Boston Police is under investigation, a spokesperson for Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden’s office told the Boston Globe .

The spokesperson did not identify the man.

The Globe, quoting from a redacted police report, reported that police were called to Bay Cove Human Services facility on Walk Hill Street in Mattapan on the evening of Sept. 11, 2025, because the man was acting erratically and apparently experiencing a cocaine overdose. Facility employees wanted the man removed.

After the officers arrived, a brief struggle ensued with the man while he was being detained, according to the Globe. The man was brought to Boston Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

Boston City Councilor Brian Worrell requested that

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