Public Safety
The second car of a slow-moving, six-car Red Line train derailed on Tuesday morning. A T spokesman said the car on the southbound train derailed at Broadway Station at about 9:45 a.m. "and made contact with the edge of the platform."
There were no... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a woman and a man were shot at 240 Westview St. in the Franklin Field development around 9 p.m. on Saturday
Both were taken to local hospitals. The woman died, the man is in stable condition, police said.
There was a... Read more
Editor's Note: Mr. Filipi was reportedly located by BPD on Mon., Sept. 20.
The Boston Police Department issued an appeal to the public to help locate a 78-year-old man who was last seen on Granite Avenue on Saturday morning.
In a post at BPDNews.com,... Read more
State workers over the weekend demolished rusted stairs which were located near the JFK/UMass MBTA station and the focus of a death investigation.
David K. Jones, a Boston University professor, fell to his death from the stairs on Saturday, Sept. 11.... Read more
Boston police on Wednesday recovered a firearm and arrested a student at the Community Academy of Science and Health (CASH) high school in Fields Corner.
The student allegedly brought a stolen firearm into the school. The incident, which occurred less... Read more
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled Tuesday that Boston police officers did nothing wrong when they searched a man walking through Dorchester's Clam Point early one morning right after a nearby gas station had been robbed at gunpoint, so prosecutors can... Read more
Two murdered in separate incidents on Saturday
The victim in a fatal stabbing on Saturday morning near Franklin Park has been identified as a 17-year-old boy. Boston Police have issued an arrest warrant for Omara Shears, a 44-year-old Boston man whom they... Read more
Boston firefighters responded to a two-family house at 69 Floyd St. around 9:05 a.m. on Friday for what turned into a three-alarm fire that extended across all the floors of the house.
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at 37 Almont St. in Mattapan shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday.
He was declared dead at the scene.
On Aug. 2, a man was charged with brandishing a gun during a football game at Almont Park. On July 19,... Read more
One woman was killed and five other people were wounded during an overnight shooting in Dorchester's Franklin Field development.
Boston Police report that officers from Area B-3 responded to the scene outside 27 Irma St. around 12:30 a.m. to find an adult... Read more
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