Boston Blotter: Somerville SUV Crash Kills One

Update: Reader Ron points to Davis Square Live Journal, which has numerous harrowing reports from local residents following the crash.

Somerville News and WBZ are reporting that the man who died was in the taxi. His name was Paul Farris. He was only 23 and a recent graduate of Tufts.

--The action isn't stopping in Somerville. After a bank robbery in which an employee was tied up and left in the basement, a wild early-morning police chase in the town left one person dead. A state trooper was chasing an SUV through a residential neighborhood, and the SUV crashed into a taxi cab, but there is still no information about who died.

--Early this morning in Dorchester, a man got shot because he, according to the BPD report, confronted three men standing by his house smoking pot. We thought pot was supposed to mellow you out. The victim will be okay, but the shooter and his cohorts are still on the loose.

--And the good news. Officer Stephen Romano, who was shot by Castlegate gang member Antonio Franklin, has left the hospital and is resting at home.

All charges alleged until proven under law. Image of police-chase video game from Amazon.