WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — West Bridgewater police said they have arrested a man wanted in connection to the shooting death of a woman outside a Roslindale pharmacy last month.
Akil Jackson, 41, of Easton, was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police responded to a distress call from a monitoring service for victims of violent crimes.
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The way the monitoring service works is rather simple. If you fear for your life, because your attacker is near, sometimes it could do more harm than good to pick up the phone and say what is happening. However, if you have a code word with the police, they can be at your doorstep right away.
“It’s something victims use but you don’t hear a lot about the stories where it actually makes a difference,” said Wendy Murphy of New England Law Boston Women’s and Children’s Advocacy Project. “It’s really nice to hear that it worked in this case, especially given this man’s record.”
Police arrested Jackson in West Bridgewater Wednesday after the woman he visited sent the alert.
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While officers were headed to the scene, it was learned that the suspect, later identified as Jackson, was wanted for an outstanding warrant out of Boston for murder among other charges.
Prosecutors say she’s had a restraining order against him for about 10 days and when police showed up, he threatened to kill himself.
Police said they recovered a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun that was stolen out of Georgia.
Jackson is currently wanted out of Boston on charges of murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of ammunition without FID card.
Police said he will also be charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and violation of a restraining order stemming from Wednesday’s incident.
Jackson is accused of shooting and killing Alicia Heywood, 42, of Easton, outside Sullivan Pharmacy, where she worked, during her lunch break at around 1:18 p.m. Thursday, July 29.
In court Thursday, Jackson was trying to hide behind a wall in order not to show his face, something family and friends of Heywood noticed as they yelled obscenities at him.
Jackson, who served in Afghanistan for eight months after 9/11 and came home after an injury, will now move from facing a judge in Brockton for Wednesday’s incident to facing a judge in West Roxbury Friday on the murder charges.
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