Lynn

A candlelight vigil Sunday evening paid tribute to a victim of a shooting in Lynn the evening before, while authorities continue to search for the person who pulled the trigger. The victim, 31-year-old Gustavo Santana, was out filming a music video on Washington Street around 5:30 p.m., his family says. Then the taping turned violent as someone opened fire, according…

A shooting has left one man dead and five others injured in Lynn, Massachusetts, Saturday evening, according to police. No arrests have yet been announced. Lynn police were called to the shooting around 5:35 p.m. in the area of Quincy Terrace and Washington Street. Police initially said two of the men who were shot have serious, life-threatening injuries. Four men…

Two of the six men who were shot are in critical condition, according to police.

Two families in Lynn, Massachusetts, have been displaced after a fire tore through their multi-family home early Thursday morning. Four adults and nine children are safe but without a home after the were forced to evacuate from their Warren Street residence around 4 a.m., Lynn Fire Chief Stephen Archer said. The Lynn Fire Department says it received a 911 call…

A fire at a residence in Lynn, Massachusetts, displaced more than a dozen people Friday morning.

Lynn and Saugus firefighters are battling a 2-alarm fire at a Warren Street multi-family home in Lynn.

A man is facing drunk driving charges after police said he crashed his vehicle into a store then another vehicle Wednesday morning in Lynn, Massachusetts. The crash happened outside the Walgreens on Broadway at 10:53 a.m., police said. The driver, who has not yet been identified, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment of facial injuries, according to police….

A man was taken to the hospital after police responded to two shootings around the same time in Lynn, Massachusetts Tuesday night. Police received several calls for gunshots in the area of East Highland Street just after 11 p.m. Shortly after, an officer was flagged down by a driver with the victim on Eastern Avenue. An 18 year-old man was in...

Police received several calls for gunshots in the area of East Highland Street just after 11 p.m. Shortly after, an officer was flagged down by a driver with the victim on Eastern Avenue. An 18 year-old man was in the car with several gunshot wounds to his legs. He was taken to Mass. General Hospital.

Flames shot from the roof of a house Friday in Lynn, Massachusetts.

A man is dead after being shot by police Monday morning in Lynn, Massachusetts.

After an alleged robbery in Revere, Massachusetts, on Monday morning, a person was shot and killed by police in Lynn, authorities said.

A Lynn resident was released from custody after he turned himself in to immigration authorities over a battle with his landlord who allegedly had called ICE on him.

State officials will be cracking down on the spread of the novel coronavirus over the holiday weekend, looking out for any large parties or gatherings that violate state guidelines. With Labor Day Weekend underway, and another beautiful day in the forecast, people have been heading out to beaches and parks for the holiday weekend, from Cape Cod to Nantasket to…

A Massachusetts woman is facing civil rights charges after she allegedly drove her car toward a group of three Black women and their five children and shouted racial slurs at them earlier this summer. Rhonda Wozniak, 60, of Lynn, is accused of speeding toward the group as they were walking in Swampscott’s Vinnin Square on July 28, the Essex County…

In a COVID-19 update, Gov. Charlie Baker announces new resources for areas in Mass. with dangerously high transmission rates of the virus, including Chelsea, Everett, Lawrence, Revere and Lynn.

“This is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in my career. And quite frankly, my life.” That’s how Patrick Tutwiler, superintendent of schools in Lynn, Massachusetts, describes the ongoing and evolving response to the pandemic. And it’s complicated in the City of Lynn, which has one of the highest COVID rates in the state. That means they will be all...

Even as the state’s overall rate remains low, in recent weeks spikes in COVID-19 cases have been seen in several communities, many of them in the Greater Boston area. Wednesday’s latest report had nine Massachusetts cities and towns listed in the red category, meaning more than eight cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people. Those cities and towns included Brockton,...

The city of Lynn, just north of Boston, has emerged as one of the new hot spots for coronavirus in Massachusetts, with a positive rate nearly three times the state average for cities. From Aug. 5 to Aug. 19, the rate of positive COVID-19 tests in Lynn was over 7%, compared to 2.6% for other cities in Massachusetts. According to…

A Massachusetts district attorney has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the arrests of three Black men and the alleged beating of one of them while in police custody. Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett in a statement Thursday said he had appointed Daniel Bennett, the former head of the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, to look into…