Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports a man shot around 1:06 a.m., Friday, on Southern Avenue was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died.
Channel 7 reports the victim was seen running from the scene before collapsing on Ferndale Street.
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The aftermath of the August 12 slayings of three young women on Harlem Street has sparked a renewed outpouring of grief, anguish and soul-searching in Dorchester and surrounding communities impacted by violent crime. After a relatively quiet summer, the... Read more
(4:15 p.m.) — A water main break is causing a major traffic disruption this afternoon at the busy intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Morton Street. Workers are on the scene now making repairs to an water main line that was ruptured earlier in the... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a traffic stop near Dorchester High School Saturday afternoon turned into a violent struggle for one officer's gun with a man who vowed not to go back to prison - from which he'd just been released after serving a... Read more
Lower Mills merchants and community leaders are organizing a drive to assist a family which lost its home in a five-alarm fire on Fairmount Street on Thursday. The Lower Mills Merchants Association, Vargas & Vargas Insurance, Meetinghouse Bank and... Read more
Five firefighters have been injured battling a large fire at 5 Fairmount St. that broke out shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday in the basement, the Boston Fire Department.
All are expected to survive, as are two civilians also taken to the hospital, the... Read more
Four women sitting in a car outside 36 Harlem St. were shot around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday. Two were pronounced dead at the scene, while the other two were taken to local hospitals - one with life-threatening injuries from which she died Monday - the Boston... Read more
State Rep. Carlos Henriquez faced two challenges at his Thursday night community meeting: Low turnout and a Republican, far afield from his Beacon Hill home, demanding his resignation.
Maybe it was the New England Patriots' first preseason game. Or maybe... Read more
Statistics released by the Boston Police last week show a significant decrease in crime citywide and on one of the two main police districts that cover Dorchester. There has been a six percent drop in reported incidents of so-called “Part One” crimes... Read more
A Mattapan man who allegedly stabbed his nephew inside the Mattapan House of Pizza Tuesday night will be charged with murder now that his relative has died, the Boston Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office report.
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