A person in his late 50s is within the hospital in important situation after being shot on the sidewalk in Mattapan in a capturing that is still underneath investigation.
“At approximately 1:50 this afternoon, Boston police officers responded to a call for shots fired here, and the report is that only one shot was fired. A male approximately 58, 59 years of age was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition right now,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden mentioned from the scene on the nook of Blue Hill Avenue and Landor Road.
No suspects are in custody, Hayden mentioned, and the investigation stays “active” and “fluid.”
Just as Hayden gave his temporary tackle, police at round 4:40 p.m. started eradicating the warning tape that lined greater than a block up Blue Hill Avenue in entrance of a buying plaza that includes a barber store, a liquor retailer, a braiding store and a Caribbean restaurant.
The police tape prolonged previous the intersection with Landor Road, which was additionally taped off about half a block down, and lower off entry to a Chinese restaurant, the place employees sat on the curb to attend to be allowed entry.
Among the varied yellow proof markers, police had secured a strolling cane, which was itself wrapped in a bow of police tape. Hayden mentioned he didn’t know if the cane was the sufferer’s property.
Police flew a drone over the realm possibly 20 minutes earlier than the scene shut down.
A automotive which Hayden mentioned police “believe to be involved” was additionally taped off about two blocks away at Morton and Wildwood streets.
This is a growing story.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”