Boston police said one person was killed and a second person was wounded Friday in a daytime shooting in a residential area of Mattapan. It was the latest in a series of gun violence across several Boston neighborhoods over the Fourth of July weekend. A total of seven people were struck by gunfire, with two people dead. The latest incident occurred just before 12:30 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Gladeside Ave. and Donwood Terrace in a tree-lined residential area of Mattapan. When police arrived, they found a man and a woman inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds. Police said both victims were taken to Boston-area hospitals. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police said the woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Video footage from Sky5 showed crime scene markers around a home and a vehicle that appeared to have crashed through a fence. Police said the preliminary investigation into the shooting suggested it was not a random attack, but they did not provide additional information. The shooting came just hours after three separate shootings after Boston celebrated the Fourth of July. Police responded to 297 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain at 1:26 a.m., where three adults were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries. At 1:33 a.m., police were called to 618 Shawmut Ave. in Roxbury. A man was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Neighbor Nisha Torres said she heard six to seven gunshots while she and her baby were trying to sleep. “I jumped out of bed. It didn’t sound like fireworks at all,” Torres said. “The shootings, they just never stop. Especially in the summer.” In Dorchester, police reported that one person suffered life-threatening injuries after a shooting just before 6 a.m. at a Mobil gas station on Blue Hill Ave. No arrests have been made in any of the incidents and the investigation is ongoing, police said. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hopes to stem the rise in violence surrounding the Fourth of July holiday. “We’ve actually had a series of pre-planning meetings where we’ve analyzed historical sites where there have been more violent incidents and have deployed more resources to those sites in advance,” she said. “We already have more follow-up meetings going on with the communities that have been impacted and some of the individual agencies.”
One person was killed and a second person was injured in a daytime shooting Friday in a residential area of Mattapan, according to Boston police.
It was the latest in a series of shootings that took place in several Boston neighborhoods over the Fourth of July weekend.
A total of seven people were hit by gunfire, killing two.
The latest incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. Friday afternoon near the intersection of Gladeside Ave. and Donwood Terrace in a tree-lined residential neighborhood of Mattapan.
When police arrived, they found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds in a vehicle.
Police said both victims were taken to Boston-area hospitals. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police said the woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Video from Sky5 showed crime scene markers around a house and a vehicle that appeared to have driven through a fence.
According to police, preliminary investigation into the shooting indicates that it was not a random attack. However, no additional information has been provided.
The shooting came just hours after three separate shootings after Boston celebrated the Fourth of July.
Police responded at 1:26 a.m. to 297 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain, where three adults were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
At 1:33 a.m., police were called to 618 Shawmut Ave. in Roxbury. A man was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Neighbor Nisha Torres says she heard six to seven shots while she and her baby were trying to sleep.
“I jumped out of bed. It didn’t sound like fireworks at all,” Torres said. “The shootings, they just never stop. Especially in the summer.”
In Dorchester, police reported that one person suffered life-threatening injuries after a shooting just before 6 a.m. at a Mobil gas station on Blue Hill Ave.
According to police, no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hopes to stem the rise in violence surrounding the Fourth of July holiday.
“We’ve actually had a series of pre-planning meetings where we’ve analyzed historical sites where there have been more violent incidents and have deployed more resources in advance to those sites,” she said. “We already have more follow-up meetings going on with the communities that have been impacted and some of the individual agencies.”