Public Safety
The best way to prevent tomorrow’s crime is to solve the one that happened yesterday— or last week. Boston Police do a good job responding to the constant calls for service in a city of 600,000-plus people. But they need more tools to help them get clues... Read more
Bricks from a Washington Street chiropractic building's exterior facade fell to the ground just after noon on Tuesday, Boston Fire spokesman Steve MacDonald told the Reporter.
No one was injured, MacDonald said. The building at 497 Washington St. is... Read more
Lower Mills public safety meeting on Nov. 10, 2014: Image courtesy Rep. Cullinane's office
Neighbors looking for answers in an Election Day shooting outside of Lower Mills Library received few new details about the ongoing investigation less than a week... Read more
A man wanted for killing his girlfriend in their Bowdoin Street apartment was discovered near his car off I-195 in Rehoboth, also dead, Boston and State police report.
The Boston Police Department had issued an alert for Paulo Rosa, 30, after the body of... Read more
Boston Police now say that Tuesday afternoon's shooting incident in Lower Mills that left a 30 year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head was "not random."
Keldon Liverpool was shot in the head outside of the CVS on Dorchester Avenue and River Street... Read more
Family members of the 30-year-old man shot in Lower Mills on Tuesday evening are searching for answers.
Keldon Liverpool was shot in the head outside of the CVS on Dorchester Avenue and River Street just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday–yards from the Lower Mills... Read more
A pair of shootings on Tuesday afternoon and evening left two men with serious injuries and triggered a major police response on two ends of Dorchester Avenue.
In the first incident, 30-year-old Keldon Liverpool was shot in the head next to the CVS store... Read more
Boston Police report arresting a suspect on charges he robbed a Dorchester Ave. convenience store and shot the owner. The incident took place on Monday night around 7:30 p.m. at D&D store, 1002 Dorchester Ave. near the intersection of Sudan Street.... Read more
A man was seriously injured after being shot in the head in Lower Mills just before 5 p.m.
The young man was shot in the CVS parking lot at intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Richmond Street. The man is in critical condition, police said a press... Read more
Public and private schools in Boston circulated a message from Boston Police yesterday warning about an "uptick" in vandalism and other criminal acts by school-aged kids — and asking for increased vigilance on Halloween night. The advisory warns that... Read more