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Union Square MBTA station will be closed during Somerville’s Fluff Festival for 2nd straight year
Local News Union Square will close for 25 days starting Sept. 18 and won’t provide shuttles, complicating transportation to the annual festival. Union Square will close for 25 days starting Sept. 18. Vincent Alban For The Boston Globe For a second year in a row, the Union Square MBTA stop will be closed during Somerville’s […]
Boston police ask public for help identifying suspect in Caribbean festival parade shooting
Crime One person has been arrested and charged as a shooter, but police are looking for a second suspect. Boston police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect they believe was involved in a Saturday shooting at a Boston Caribbean Festival parade that injured eight people. A shootout unrelated to the festival […]
Suspects in Boston Caribbean festival shooting appear in court
Crime “This shooting is frightening not only for the thoughtlessness of those involved and the injuries they inflicted, but for the potential fatalities that, mercifully, didn’t occur,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden said. Gerald Vick, right, is escorted out of the courtroom in the Dorchester Division of Boston Municipal Court after he was arraigned in connection […]
Boston Caribbean Festival parade shooting: What we know
Crime Eight people were injured by gunfire and two males were arrested for the shooting. Officials say the shooting was unrelated to the festival. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston Caribbean Festival organizer Shirley Shillingford, and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox spoke to the media Saturday about the shooting at the festival. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe […]
Early morning shooting wounds 7 ahead of Caribbean festival
Crime The shooting happened on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester as crowds of people began to gather for J’ouvert. By Morgan Rousseau August 26, 2023 | 10:34 AM Seven people were shot in Dorchester early Saturday morning as crowds of people gathered to celebrate J’ouvert, The Boston Globe reported. The shootings happened at 10 Talbot Ave., near Blue […]
Hamas posts hostage video of woman abducted from Israeli music festival
World News The video, of Mia Schem, 21, was the first Hamas has released of any of its nearly 200 hostages. It showed her being treated for an arm injury and speaking to the camera. Keren, the mother of Mia Schem, and representatives of the families of the abducted and missing persons held by Hamas […]
Police ID suspect wanted in connection with August shooting near Caribbean festival parade
Local News The department asks anyone who comes into contact with Hubman Hunter, 31, of Lynn, to call 911 immediately. Hubman Hunter, 31, of Lynn is wanted by Boston police. Boston police Boston police are asking for the public’s help locating a suspect wanted in connection with the August shooting near a Boston Caribbean Festival […]
Police: Suspect in Caribbean festival shooting faces several new charges
Crime Newly filed charges against Gerald Vick include six counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Gerald Vick (right) was arraigned for the J’ouvert celebration shootings in the Dorchester division of Boston Municipal Court last week. David L. Ryan/Boston Globe Staff A Dorchester man arrested in the aftermath of last month’s Caribbean festival […]