Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports Jihad Watters, 24, was shot around 4:30 p.m., Thursday, at 795 Washington St.. He died not long after his arrival at Boston Medical Center.
Immediately after the shooting, police were looking for two males on dirt... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a woman heard gunfire around 2:30 a.m., Sunday, at Weybosset Road, then realized she'd been hit.
The woman, in a car with some friends, got herself to Carney Hospital and will survive, police said.
Police said they... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports the fire, in the basement, broke out shortly before 12:30 p.m. at 59 Johnston St. No injuries were reported.
State Police announced Wednesday afternoon that they have captured Jeremy Price, the teen indicted on manslaughter charges who escaped from a program on the grounds of Tewksbury State Hospital Monday night. Price was captured by the violent fugitive unit... Read more
Chris Lovett of Neighborhood Network News reports on the reaction of church leaders— some of whom claim they have been deliberately left out of city-led meetings — as officials attempt to mount a response to a series of recent murders , including Saturday... Read more
Nine people, ranging in age from 15 to 21, are charged with surrounding and attacking a 19-year-old from Mattapan on Parkman Street around 5 p.m. on Monday, kicking and beating him even as he lay on the ground, curled into a ball, according to the Suffolk... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds at Dorchester Avenue and Roseland Street around 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Boston firefighters and EMTs treated him at the scene before he was taken to Boston Medical Center... Read more
About 2 million residents in metropolitan Boston – in every municipality except Saugus – received the go-ahead early Tuesday morning to drink their tap water after clearing their pipes, three days after a major pipe breach disrupted operations and raised... Read more
State officials were optimistic about repairing by Sunday night a pipe that broke Saturday, saying roughly 2 million residents in metropolitan Boston would likely have to wait days before counting on uncontaminated water flowing from their taps.
"It does... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports that Internet messages about a 3-year-old boy from Dorchester being abducted are untrue.
There is no missing boy and no Amber Alert has been issued, the department said this afternoon.
Even after the police issued... Read more
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