Hayden releases finding in 2019 officer-involved shooting death of Jaymil Ellerbe

BOSTON, December 14, 2022 — Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden today released the final investigative finding and case file regarding the June 24, 2019 officer-involved shooting death of Jaymil Ellerbe, 19, on Penhallow Street in Dorchester. 

Hayden’s office reviewed and confirmed the findings of former District Attorney Rachael Rollins in Ellerbe’s death.  Rollins’s investigation, and Hayden’s review, determined that the involved officers’ actions were lawful and reasonable exercises of self-defense and/or defense of others, and that no criminal charges are warranted.  

“This finding takes into full account the events of that tragic day, and we issue it entirely aware of the lasting trauma for everyone involved in and affected by those events, including Mr. Ellerbe’s family and the officers at the scene,” Hayden said.

The case file can be found here.

James Borghesani, Chief of Communications