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A car was towed from a raised drawbridge in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood where it got stuck after smashing through a warning gate Wednesday, authorities said. The incident on the Morrissey Boulevard drawbridge happened about 3 p.m., while the bridge was up for boat traffic, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Massachusetts State Police. The vehicle, which aerial...

A car crashed through a warning gate on a raised drawbridge in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, then got stuck on the bridge itself.

A suspect in shooting incident in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood early Sunday that left a woman dead is now in custody, according to the Boston Police Department. Police responded to a report of a person shot in the area of 37 Stonehurst Street in Dorchester around 3:10 a.m. At the scene, officers found the woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound….

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

Neighbors said the incident happened around 3 a.m.

Two people were fatally wounded in a shooting and a stabbing in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood late Friday night, police said. A person who’d been shot arrived at a hospital succumbed to their wounds, according to the Boston Police Department. In the other incident, a man was found stabbed and died after being taken to a hospital. Boston police announced...

A man was shot and killed overnight in Dorchester, according to the Boston Police Department. The shooting happened just after midnight Thursday at 113 Norfolk Street. Police found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound near Armandine Street, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Officers found ballistic evidence in the area, police said. Anyone with information about…

A man died in an overnight shooting in Dorchester Tuesday, police confirmed. A call came just before 2 a.m. Tuesday morning for a person shot in the area of 26 Thane Street in Dorchester, where officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim, suffering life threatening injuries, was transported to an area hospital where he was…

Homicide detectives are seeking the public’s help after a woman’s body was found near a golf course in the Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood about a week ago. Police said they received a call at 2:47 p.m. on June 14 for a reported body found at 17 Jewish War Veterans Drive. The body was located in the woods adjacent to the...

A 20-year-old man was arrested on several firearm and drugs charges Friday evening after allegedly attempting to shoplift from a store in Marshfield, authorities said. A local business owner alerted police around 6:12 p.m. that he had confronted a man he believed to be shoplifting from his store. The man pointed a gun at the owner, an attached laser pointing…

A “large quantity” of fireworks was seized by Boston police from a U-Haul van in Dorchester Friday evening, the department said, as illegal fireworks have continued to explode nightly over the city in recent weeks. Boston police were called to Dacia Street around 9:30 p.m. for a report of fireworks going off, and when they arrived, they saw several go…

Juneteenth commemorators and Black Lives Matter protesters tell NBC10 Boston what the holiday means to them, especially this year.

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

One man is dead and another injured after a shooting incident in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood early Thursday. Boston police said they responded to a report of a shooting around 2:30 a.m. in the area of 68 Whitfield St. At the scene, they found two men suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. One of the men died at the hospital. The other…

A peaceful Boston protest over the death of George Floyd Friday turned violent, with demonstrators and police clashing and several people arrested. The protest in the South End, which initially drew about a thousand people, resulted in 10 arrests, the Boston Police Department said. But it didn’t result in the fiery property damage seen elsewhere around the country Friday night…

Protesters chanted “I can’t breathe” in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Thursday evening to condemn the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Four police officers have now been fired after Floyd, a black man, died in their custody. In video of the incident, one of the officers has his knee on Floyd’s neck. “It’s horrifying, but that type of thing happens...

One man was killed and at least four others were shot just before midnight Wednesday in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

One person has died and at least five others were injured in a shooting overnight Wednesday in Dorchester.

A suspect has been arrested for the murder of a 21-year-old Dorchester man killed in February, authorities said. Jose Carrucini, 20, was charged on Saturday with allegedly shooting and killing Admilson Ribiero, 21, on February 5, 2020. Officers found Ribiero around 6:30 p.m. that evening still alive with gunshot wounds. He was brought to a nearby hospital, where he later…

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…