He Killed a Cop Over a Mistake — Then Ran for Almost a Year
Two Boston police officers were simply responding to a routine domestic disturbance call. They weren't looking for Ted Otsuki. But Otsuki, a parolee with a violent past, believed they were coming for him — and in a dark alley, that fatal misunderstanding cost one officer his life and left another fighting for his.
What followed was a manhunt that stretched from the streets of Boston to San Francisco, and finally across the border into Mexico, as the FBI worked to track down a fugitive determined never to be taken alive.
This is the story of how a case built on a tragic mistake became one of…
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