A 48-year-old woman from Allston was shot to death and an adult male was wounded last Tuesday night (Nov. 9) on Deering Road in Mattapan. The shooting was reported to Boston Police around 11 p.m. The victim has since been named as Rosa Hicks. There have been no reports of arrests Police have asked anyone with information to assist in the investigation by calling detectives at 617-343-4470.

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There have been 37 homicides in the city of Boston so far in 2021, according to statistics released by the Boston Police on Monday. That is down from 52 recorded during the same time span— through Nov. 14— in 2020. Overall crime across the city is down by 15 percent year to year, with even steeper drops reported in three police districts that include Dorchester and Mattapan: C-11 (-25 percent); B-3 (- 28 percent); and B-2 (- 20 percent).

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Boston Police arrested a 36-year-old Roxbury man on gun charges on Sunday afternoon on Edson Street, where, police say, they were called to respond to a report of “a person with a gun.” According to a BPD account, officers found the suspect— Ronnie Powell— sitting behind the wheel of a vehicle that was blocking a driveway. Powell was taken into custody “without incident,” but police say they found a loaded 9mm handgun in the car, which he was operating without a valid license, according to the report.