09 Jan, 2025

Jamaica Plain man arrested for Mattapan nightclub shooting

Crime Two people went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot at Macumba Latina. A 29-year-old man was arrested after allegedly shooting two people at a Mattapan nightclub on Sunday night, Boston Police said. Police said a victim was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and a second victim with non-life-threatening […]

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Racially motivated Jacksonville shooting hits home for Patriots receiver Demario Douglas

Patriots “I mean it is scary because one of my siblings could have been there,” Douglas said. AP Photo/Steven Senne Patriots rookies given updated jersey numbers ahead of regular season Ezekiel Elliott said he’s ‘feeling more comfortable’ with learning Patriots’ playbook A gunman walked into a Dollar General and shot three people dead before killing […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Man seriously injured in South Boston shooting, police say

Crime Police said they found the man suffering from life-threatening injuries at 3 Gavin Way around 1:15 a.m. Sunday. A man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was shot early Sunday morning in South Boston, according to Boston police. Dorchester woman arrested in fatal stabbing of South Boston woman Officers responded […]

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Two men charged in fatal shooting of Quincy woman in Dorchester

Crime The arrests came nearly two months after Princess Charles, 29, was shot and killed on Greenock Street Sept. 9.  Two men were arrested this week in connection with a September shooting in Dorchester that killed a Quincy woman and left another person injured.  The arrests came nearly two months after 29-year-old Princess Charles was […]

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Third suspect surrenders over Massachusetts shooting blamed for newborn baby’s death

Crime Kermith Alvarez, 28, of Holyoke, was on the run since the Oct. 4 shooting and had been placed on the Massachusetts State Police’s 10 most wanted list. Law enforcement officials investigate the scene where multiple were shot, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Holyoke, Mass. AP Photo/Steven Senne, File By Associated Press November 3, 2023 […]

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