Non-fatal shooting reported the night before nearby

A teenager was shot and killed at the the intersection of Morton and West Selden streets in Mattapan on Thursday night (Jan. 30) around 10:30 p.m., according to Boston Police, who are investigating the homicide.

On Friday afternoon, Boston Police said the victim was Leroy S. Ryner, 18, of Roxbury.

According to a BPD account, officers and Boston EMS were on the scene quickly and transported the victim to Boston Medical Center, where the person was later pronounced dead.

The homicide follows another, non-fatal shooting that took place nearby the night before.

According to a police report reviewed by The Reporter, officers were called to a home on Sanford Street, just off of Morton Street near Lower Mills, on Wednesday night (Jan. 29), just before midnight for a report of a man suffering from a gunshot wound.

Police were let into the home and found a juvenile male victim suffering from a gunshot to the upper arm with heavy bleeding. The victim told police it happened while he was driving but was not specific about where it happened.

He said after being shot, he drove home and came inside. Police found a Honda in the driveway with blood on it and a blood trail from the car to a side door of the home.

Boston EMS arrived at the home and transported the man to BMC due to serious nature of the injury and the heavy blood loss.

His condition wasn’t immediately available.

Detectives are now investigating Thursday night’s shooting death, which is the third reported murder of the year in the city. A man was shot to death on Dorchester's Ridgewood Street last week.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Boston Police Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470.