Man with gun record sought for woman's murder in Roslindale Square

Live Boston reports constabulary are looking for Akil Jackson, 41, successful transportation with the shooting execution of Alicia Heywood successful Roslindale Square connected July 29.

Heywood lived successful South Easton aft moving from Hyde Park.

Police thought they had Jackson cornered successful an flat successful Dorchester's Adams Village the time aft the murder, but aft a five-hour SWAT hunt that lasted 5 hours and led to adjacent residents being evacuated, concluded helium wasn't there.

In 2011, Jackson pleaded blameworthy to being a convicted felon successful possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 2 years successful national situation for an incidental astatine the Amtrak presumption successful Rensselaer, NY - 3 months longer than prosecutors had requested. He was waiting for a bid erstwhile helium spotted a sheriff's lawman with a canine sniffing astir the presumption and helium failed to person a presumption idiosyncratic to stow his container connected relationship of the marijuana inside; the canine led the lawman to his container and, connected a search, it was recovered to incorporate some marijuana and a gun, according to tribunal records.

In a sentencing recommendation, a authoritative explained however Jackson came to beryllium a convicted felon:

Although lone 31 years old, the Defendant's has 8 antithetic arrests, not including the instant discourtesy of conviction. He has been convicted of 6 antithetic misdemeanors and 1 violation. Significantly ... connected November 6, 2006, helium pled blameworthy to carrying a stolen concealed .380 caliber firearm. In addition, portion connected pre-trial release, it is important that ... the Defendant was successful Charlestown, Ma, and was arrested successful possession of cocaine, a ample container of marijuana, and a sawed disconnected Remington .22 rifle. He was subsequently convicted [in 2009] of possessing with intent to administer cocaine and the felony possession of a firearm.

Jackson's lawyer asked for a condemnation astatine the little extremity of the standard - the minimum condemnation for the transgression is 18 months - saying each his transgression acts could beryllium traced to the PTSD helium developed portion successful the service successful Afghanistan successful the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and that earlier the war, helium was a studious young antheral who had been accepted to Boston Latin Academy earlier the relatives who had taken him successful from his breached location sent him to North Carolina to support him disconnected the mean streets of Boston:

Mr. Jackson's acquisition successful Afghanistan had a important interaction upon him. He experienced the chaotic and lethal unit wrong Afghan civilian communities. One lawsuit seared into his representation progressive a young lad who changeable and killed different Afghan civilian successful the street. The young lad was past instantly changeable dormant by a U.S. soldier. He witnessed the deadly quality toll, observing the breached and dismembered bodies of dormant U.S. soldiers and Afghan civilians, some successful the people of his work successful Afghanistan and portion hospitalized determination for his genu injury.

Prior to Mr. Jackson's warfare portion experience, helium had nary superior transgression history. His lone ineligible transgression was a insignificant shoplifting incidental connected basal successful 2001.

Mr. Jackson's outlook aft his instrumentality from Afghanistan was grim. He did not judge helium would unrecorded precise long, and helium did not expect person a mean life. Following his discharge from the Army successful February of 2004, arsenic his transgression past reflects, his behaviour became much erratic. His actions were accordant with those of a idiosyncratic suffering psychologically and self-medicating with marijuana. After helium mislaid a occupation and learned unexpectedly that helium would beryllium a father, helium believed helium was not up to each that beingness required of him. He attempted suicide. Police involution yet prevented that. ...

Since his discharge and until this case, helium has had occupation maintaining employment and dependable relationships. He has suffered from the galore symptoms that originate from post-traumatic accent disorder, including anxiousness and depression, the inability to sleep, societal isolation, irritability. As the study from the Boston Vet Center ... notes, Mr. Jackson's past since his acquisition successful Afghanistan reflects that helium suffers from PTSD. The symptoms from that upset astatine times person affected him severely. He besides has been rated disabled arsenic a effect of service-connected PTSD. Mr. Jackson's engagement successful this lawsuit and the lawsuit successful Charlestown, Massachusetts are portion of that continuum. When Mr. Jackson was arrested successful this case, helium was utilizing marijuana connected a regular basis. For nary bully reason, helium possessed a firearm. His behaviour reflected the aforesaid influences arsenic the past that developed aft Afghanistan.

Innocent, etc.