dorchester shooting

A grandmother in her 70s was shot and killed while sitting outside on her porch in Dorchester Saturday evening, according to Boston police. The shooting happened on Olney Street shortly before 6 p.m. The victim, who was not the intended target, was taken to the hospital, where she died, Boston police Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long said. “This is obviously a very...

A grandmother in her 70s was shot and killed while sitting outside on her porch in Dorchester Saturday evening, according to Boston police. Mike Manzoni has the latest details on the investigation.

Lance Norwood, 22, of the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood, was shot at about 1 a.m. on Jan. 6 and died Thursday, Boston police said in a statement posted on the department’s website.

A man is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood around 2:15 a.m. Friday morning. The Boston Police Department responded to a ShotSpotter activation in the area of 54 Parkman Street and were then directed to the area of 448 Gallivan Boulevard for reports of a person shot. Police found the victim there suffering…

Police are investigating two separate overnight shootings in the Boston neighborhoods of Mattapan and Dorchester Sunday. Officers responded to a 911 call on Greenfield Street in Mattapan shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday. They discovered one male victim, who had non-life-threatening injuries. The incident remains under investigation and no arrests have been made. Officers responded to a 911 call at 713…

A man who was shot in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood late Sunday night suffered life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. Boston police say they responded to a reported shooting just after 9:10 p.m. in the area of 15 Ellington Street. A man who had been shot was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. There was no update on…

Boston police are searching for a suspect after a shooting in a Kentucky Fried Chicken parking lot left a person seriously injured in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood.  The shooting happened around 7 p.m. Saturday outside the KFC located at 695 Columbia Road, police said.  The victim was taken to an area hospital with injuries that appeared to be serious....

A man was killed and a woman injured late Wednesday during a shooting incident in the Dorchester neighborhood, according to the Boston Police Department. Police received a call about a person who was shot near 121 Adams Street just after 11 p.m. Wednesday. At the scene, Boston EMS found the man who had been shot and took him to the…

Police say the woman was not the intended target of the shooting.

A man who was shot Saturday afternoon in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood has died from his injuries, police say. Officers responded to a call just after 4 p.m. for a reported shooting in the area of 82 Wheatland Ave. The victim, who has not been identified, was taken with life-threatening injuries to a local hospital where he later died, Boston police…

The shooting happened Saturday in the area of 82 Wheatland Ave. in Dorchester.

A man was killed in a shooting in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Saturday evening, police said. Officers found the victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds near 45 Bellevue St. after responding to a report of a person shot around 7:55 p.m. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he later died. No further information was immediately available. The Boston…

Two teenagers were arrested for a pair of alleged shootings in Dorchester that sent one person to the hospital on Saturday. Two other women were also arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer as officers and EMTs attempted to assist the victim at the scene. The victim, who was shot in the leg, was brought to the hospital with non-life…