Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, his girlfriend Karen Read and a group of other friends, including fellow officers, went out drinking at C.F. McCarthy's bar in Canton, Massachusetts at around 9 p.m. A major snowstorm had begun.

After Karen Read was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, cheers erupted outside the courthouse in Dedham, Massachusetts. One of O'Keefe's friends from college said the celebration was "disgusting."

A jury cleared Karen Read of the three most serious charges brought against her, second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence, and leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death.