The Middlesex district attorney's office says Collier was a Somerville resident who had worked at MIT since January 2012.
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Sean Collier, 26, has been identified as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer said to have been shot and killed by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer said to have been shot and killed by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has been identified as 26-year-old Sean Collier.
The Middlesex district attorney's office says Collier was a Somerville resident who had worked at MIT since January 2012. Before that, he was a civilian employee of the Somerville Police Department.
MIT Police Chief John DiFava says Collier was a dedicated officer who was liked by his colleagues and the MIT community.
Collier was found shot several times in his vehicle in Cambridge at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. He was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Authorities say he was shot by the two suspects in Monday's marathon bombings.
“The loss of Officer Collier is deeply painful to the entire MIT community,” said MIT President L. Rafael Reif on the school's website. “Our thoughts today are with his family, his friends, his colleagues on our police force and, by all accounts, the many other members of our community who knew him. This is a senseless and tragic loss.”