Two officers injured in Roxbury fracas

By Terri Schwartz, Globe Correspondent

Two Boston Police officers were injured during a struggle this morning as they tried to arrest four people at a Roxbury home.

The two officers, responding to an anonymous tip at about 9:45 a.m., found a man and woman arguing, said Officer Eddy Chrispin, a police spokesman. The man tried to leave the Whitman Street building and shoved one of the officers when the officer tried to calm him down and ask him questions.

A struggle ensued between the two officers and the man and woman. Two boys, 15 and 16, joined in. During the struggle, one of the officers fell down a flight of stairs.

One officer injured his knee; the other injured his back. Police said all four people involved in the fracas would face charges of assault and battery of a police officer, assault and battery of a police officer causing injury, and resisting arrest.

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