Weymouth Man Accused of Killing Mother and Shot by Police Enjoyed Friendship With Mark Wahlberg, Had Multiple Arrests

More details are starting to emerge about Weymouth resident Paul Campbell who was killed by police on Monday after allegedly stabbing his mother to death, Patricia Campbell.

The Boston Globe reports that Paul Campbell was a friend of actor Mark Wahlberg and his family for years. In 1990, he was arrested along with Wahlberg outside the actor’s Braintree home when a party had turned into a disturbance.

The friendship allowed Campbell to obtain small part in films including “The Fighter.”

In addition to the arrest with Wahlberg, Campbell served nine months in jail for intent to distribute heroin in a school zone in 1997 and was charged with drunken driving and drug possession in later years.

The office of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh confirmed that Paul Campbell was the father of Walsh’s girlfriend’s adult daughter.

“This is an extremely personal situation and I ask that Lorrie and Lauren’s privacy be respected at this time. This is an ongoing investigation and it is not my place to speculate on why or how this happened. My focus right now is on my family, Lorrie and Lauren, and their well-being,” Walsh said in a statement according to WHDH.

On Monday, Patricia Campbell was stabbed by Paul Campbell during an early morning incident at 69 Prospect Hill Road.

Weymouth Police and an ambulance responded to the home at about 1 a.m. The Norfolk County District Attorney’s office said the call was “believed to be medical in nature.”

Police found Paul Campbell, “in an agitated state, apparently armed with one or more knives,” according to the DA’s office.

“As the confrontation outside the residence unfolded, both officers apparently made the simultaneous decision that the use of force was necessary and both discharged their weapons. The male was struck and incapacitated,” said the DA’s office.

Paul Campbell was taken to South Shore Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police found the body of Patricia Campbell on the front steps. She was pronounced dead at the scene.