The Boston Police Department reports a man who somehow crashed his car on Blue Hill Avenue at Woodhaven Street in Mattapan around 2 p.m. on Saturday, got out, carjacked another car, drove down the sidewalk the wrong way and hit and killed a woman.
The woman, who was found in the middle of Blue Hill Avenue in the area of Fairway Street, was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.
She has since been identified as Mabinty Janneh, 32, of Dorchester.
Police say Ibraim Matos, 37, of Hyde Park, was charged with murder, carjacking, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in personal injury, police say, adding he is scheduled for arraignment Monday in Dorchester Municipal Court.
Police say that crashing his own car was just the start of a creating a trail of destruction outbound on Blue Hill Avenue that, in addition to killing one woman, injured a second person and left several cars and an MBTA bus damaged. At one point, another an ambulance was summoned for a third person who had a panic attack at seeing the scene.
According to police, Matos crashed his own car into another on Blue Hill Avenue at Woodhaven Street around 2 p.m., got out, then went up to a woman waiting in line at the Fernandez Xpress car wash and pulled her out of her car, then drove the wrong way down the sidewalk on Blue Hill Avenue towards Mattapan Square:
After the carjacking, the suspect continued down Blue Hill Avenue driving at an accelerated rate of speed on the sidewalk where he eventually struck the victim before crashing into another vehicle at the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Fairhaven Street.
The suspect fled the collision before coming to a stop after striking an MBTA bus in the area of 1629 Blue Hill Avenue. The suspect was then forcibly removed from the vehicle and restrained by several community members until officers arrived at the scene.
Blue Hill Avenue from Woodhaven Street to River Street remained shut for both cleanup and investigation nearly three hours later.
Police report arresting a second man at the scene several hours later who had nothing to do with the crashes or Matos, but who they say insisted on being a joker at the crime scene:
While guarding the crime scene for a fatal motor vehicle collision that had occurred hours earlier, officers were alerted that an unknown male had entered the taped off crime scene near the intersection of Fairway Street and Blue Hill Avenue. Officers observed the suspect video recording the scene while laughing. As officers approached the suspect he took off and began running through the crime scene. The suspect ignored verbal commands from officers and then dumped a cup containing an unknown liquid into the middle of the crime scene. The suspect continued to run around the area while laughing and video recording. After evading several officers, the suspect was eventually apprehended on the median of Blue Hill Avenue.
Robert Monestine, 21, of Braintree, was charged with interfering with a police officer and disturbing the peace, police say.
