Boston crime

Murders over the past 365 days

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Recent crimes

Gap-toothed man with gun robs Brighton bank branch
Bank robbery
5/17/13 - 9:25 am
38 Leo M Birmingham Parkway
Brighton
Man stabbed several times on Blue Hill Avenue
Stabbing
5/16/13 - 8:25 pm
Blue Hill Ave. and Woodcliff St.
Roxbury
Four sought for early morning Mission Hill home invasion, kidnapping
Armed home invasion
5/15/13 - 1:30 am
43 New Whitney St.
Mission Hill
DA: Men denied entry to Dorchester party expressed their displeasure through gunfire
Gunfire
5/11/13 - 11:55 pm
24 Evans St.
Dorchester
Residents tied up with zip ties in Mission Hill home invasion
Armed home invasion
5/11/13 - 5:15 pm
142 St. Alphonsus St.
Mission Hill
Dead man found in Mattapan cemetery
Murder
5/11/13 - 10:46 am
Walk Hill St. and Harvard St.
Mattapan
Man shot to death in Charlestown
Murder
5/7/13 - 10:18 pm
92 Monument St.
Charlestown
Stabbing downtown
Stabbing
5/3/13 - 7:30 pm
Washington St. and Hayward St.
Boston
Two shot to death in parking lot of Roxbury drug store
Murder
5/3/13 - 1:45 pm
416 Warren St.
Roxbury
Bouncer, two patrons stabbed in Theater District club
Stabbing
5/3/13 - 1:44 am
275 Tremont St.
Chinatown
Two shot in Roxbury, one dead
Murder
5/3/13 - 12:45 am
41 Prentiss St.
Roxbury
Early morning hostage situation shuts Allston side street
Hostage taking
5/2/13 - 3:55 am
Arden St. and Hooker St.
Allston
Chinese-food delivery guys getting held up on Topliff Street in Dorchester
Armed robbery
5/1/13 - 1:40 pm
47 Topliff St.
Dorchester
Man in car shot in Dorchester, in bad shape
Shooting
4/30/13 - 10:10 pm
Draper St. and Westville St.
Dorchester
Two shot in Roxbury, one taken to hospital in bad shape
Shooting
4/29/13 - 9:10 pm
65 Beech Glen St.
Roxbury
Shooting in Roslindale
Shooting
4/29/13 - 9:00 am
3 Brook St.
Roslindale
Roslindale fight ends with gunfire
Gunfire
4/28/13 - 9:50 pm
56 Mt. Hope St.
Roslindale
Man shot to death in Dorchester
Murder
4/28/13 - 7:52 pm
Howard Ave. and Wayland St.
Dorchester
Man shot in Codman Square, taken away in bad shape
Shooting
4/28/13 - 5:15 pm
535 Washington St.
Dorchester
Teen charged with trying to burn down Mattapan roller rink that denied her entry
Arson
4/27/13 - 10:00 pm
11 Rhodes St.
Mattapan
Police: Child runs into side of moving car, child's family then attacks driver and her child
Assault with a dangerous weapon
4/27/13 - 11:34 am
34 Schuyler St.
Roxbury
Dorchester party ends with three shot
Shooting
4/26/13 - 11:23 pm
31 Hecla St.
Dorchester
Gunfire in Roxbury; not long after, man shows up at hospital with gunshot wounds to the leg
Shooting
4/26/13 - 9:35 pm
90 Regent St.
Roxbury
Shots fired at Bromley-Heath
Gunfire
4/25/13 - 9:55 pm
154 Heath St.
Jamaica Plain
Shots fired near Brooke Courthouse
Gunfire
4/23/13 - 4:30 pm
Canal St. and Valenti Way
Boston
Man on scooter shot in leg
Shooting
4/21/13 - 10:50 pm
Morse St.
Dorchester
Occupants of two cars exchange gunfire in Dorchester
Gunfire
4/21/13 - 7:00 pm
Magnolia St. and Bird St.
Dorchester
Traffic stop on Huntington Avenue turns into car and foot chase
Car chase
4/21/13 - 5:00 pm
320 Huntington Ave.
Fenway
BU students held up by three guys, one freaking out
Armed robbery
4/20/13 - 2:42 am
Ashford St. and Malvern St.
Allston
Man shot to death in Roxbury
Murder
4/20/13 - 1:35 am
52 Copeland St.
Roxbury
Man shot in the chest in Dorchester
Shooting
4/20/13 - 12:55 am
25 Gaylord St.
Dorchester
Homicide unit summoned to Roslindale
Shooting
4/19/13 - 7:30 pm
Washington St. and Stellman Rd.
Roslindale
Man shot in Brighton
Shooting
4/18/13 - 1:20 am
Washington St. and Fidelis Way
Brighton
Gun battle on Dorchester street
Gunfire
4/18/13 - 12:25 am
49 Kingsdale St.
Dorchester
Two shot on Shawmut Avenue
Shooting
4/17/13 - 10:00 pm
609 Shawmut Ave.
Roxbury
Man shot near Dudley Square, dies
Murder
4/17/13 - 8:35 pm
237 Dudley St.
Roxbury
Three shot on Martin Luther King Boulevard
Shooting
4/16/13 - 2:30 pm
Mayfair St. and Martin Luther King Blvd.
Roxbury
Another shooting near Dudley station
Shooting
4/15/13 - 10:40 pm
Warren St. and Dudley St.
Roxbury
Explosions, deaths on Boylston Street
Murder
4/15/13 - 2:40 pm
Boylston St. and Exeter St.
Back Bay
Bullet pulled out of man's arm several hours after he was shot
Shooting
4/11/13 - 3:00 pm
10 Rockwell St.
Dorchester
Two stabbed at Downtown Crossing T stop
Stabbing
4/10/13 - 10:00 pm
Winter St. and Washington St.
Boston
Mt. Washington Bank branch in Jamaica Plain robbed - again
Bank robbery
4/10/13 - 3:07 pm
515 Centre St.
Jamaica Plain
Third time not a winner for man charged with repeatedly holding up same Dorchester bank
Bank robbery
4/10/13 - 2:58 pm
1906 Dorchester Ave.
Dorchester
Person shot on Heath Street; suspects traced to H Block
Shooting
4/6/13 - 11:55 pm
162 Heath St.
Jamaica Plain
Pest-control workers looking for bedbugs find guns instead
Illegal gun possession
4/6/13 - 11:07 am
E. Brookline St. and Washington St.
South End
Shots fired at building in Roslindale housing project
Gunfire
4/2/13 - 8:15 pm
80 Archdale Rd.
Roslindale
Talbot Avenue all lit up in blue tonight
Armed home invasion
4/1/13 - 9:00 pm
514 Talbot Ave.
Dorchester
Mother pushing stroller stabbed off Savin Hill Ave.
Stabbing
4/1/13 - 4:05 pm
Savin Hill Avenue and Sidney St.
Dorchester
Man robs Jamaica Plain bank, doesn't get far, but knocks down kid
Bank robbery
4/1/13 - 2:15 pm
515 Centre St.
Jamaica Plain
Dorchester shooting sends one to the hospital in critical condition
Shooting
4/1/13 - 11:40 am
Quincy St. and Dacia St.
Dorchester
Man shot to death in Jamaica Plain
Murder
3/31/13 - 8:30 pm
104 Minden St.
Jamaica Plain
Teen arrested for firing gun near Dudley Square; police say he tried to escape through crowd of Easter worshippers
Gunfire
3/31/13 - 2:16 pm
Zeigler St. and Dearborn St.
Roxbury
Man shot in the stomach on Ruggles Street
Shooting
3/31/13 - 1:30 am
300 Ruggles St.
Roxbury
East Boston jewelry store robbed at gunpoint; clerk pistol whipped when he resists being handcuffed
Armed robbery
3/30/13 - 2:36 pm
11 Bennington St.
East Boston
Man stabbed in chest at Fields Corner gas station
Stabbing
3/29/13 - 4:40 pm
529 Geneva Ave.
Dorchester
Man shot in chest across street from Mattapan police station
Shooting
3/28/13 - 9:50 pm
1178 Blue Hill Ave.
Mattapan
Forest Hills convenience store held up at knifepoint
Armed robbery
3/28/13 - 9:40 pm
162 South St.
Jamaica Plain
Gunfire in Dudley Square; nobody hit
Gunfire
3/28/13 - 4:15 pm
2343 Washington St.
Roxbury
Alleged South Shore drug kingpin charged with selling Oxycodone at Back Bay station
Illegal drug possession
3/27/13 - 7:30 pm
145 Datmouth St.
Back Bay
Police flood Roslindale neighborhood in search of alleged bad guy
Stolen car
3/26/13 - 6:00 pm
Averton St.
Roslindale
Several blocks shut off in Roxbury as police investigate shootout
Shooting
3/26/13 - 2:56 pm
Waverly St. and Perrin St.
Roxbury
Body found in front of South End building
3/24/13 - 7:00 am
148 W. Cantion St.
South End
Canal Street bouncer arrested on charges he stomped customer's head, beat and choked three other people
Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
3/24/13 - 1:25 am
67 Canal St.
Boston
Axe robbers on the loose along the Roxbury/South End line
Armed robbery
3/23/13 - 8:35 pm
1820 Washington St.
South End
Woman grazed by bullet in hail of gunfire as she gets off bus in Dorchester
Shooting
3/23/13 - 8:35 pm
Bowdoin St. and Norton St.
Dorchester
Man tries, fails to hold up South End bank
Bank robbery
3/23/13 - 10:50 am
1134 Washington St.
South End
Man shot in the hand in Dorchester
Shooting
3/22/13 - 7:00 am
27 Bicknell St.
Dorchester
DA: Holdup, beating at Mission Hill ATM ends when victim pulls out box cutter and carves up attacker
Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
3/21/13 - 11:02 pm
1628 Tremont St.
Mission Hill
Return of the Allston Pusher? Woman attacked behind Packards Corner Star Market
Assault and battery
3/20/13 - 8:00 pm
1065 Commonwealth Ave.
Allston
Andrew Square bank held up
Bank robbery
3/20/13 - 4:00 pm
501 Southampton St.
South Boston
Snow rage on a bus: Teen arrested on charges he spit at driver who wouldn't open rear door due to a snowbank
Assault and battery
3/20/13 - 1:03 pm
51 Geneva Ave.
Dorchester
Man stabbed in the side in Roxbury
Stabbing
3/19/13 - 8:05 pm
190 Ruggles St.
Roxbury
Two under arrest after armed robbery in Roxbury
Armed robbery
3/19/13 - 7:15 pm
306 Dudley St.
Roxbury
Somebody shoots at car, which flips over
Gunfire
3/17/13 - 9:45 pm
Nelson St and Selden
Dorchester
DA: Woman declines man's request to share a drink with her after the parade, so he kicks her in the throat
Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
3/17/13 - 4:30 pm
Washington St. and Winter St.
Boston

Crime comments

Damn suburbanites.
Quincy man charged with Roxbury double murder in November
5/17/13 - 4:55 pm
Damn suburbanites.
Hey
Gap-toothed man with gun robs Brighton bank branch
5/17/13 - 10:06 am
Giveth me theth cashss!
Horrible beyond words.
East Boston teen to spend 15 years in prison for killing man who sexually abused him
5/16/13 - 7:36 pm
Horrible beyond words.
Extortion
DA: Woman in minor Seaport collision tried to extort $7,000 from driver so she could get a boob job
5/16/13 - 1:09 pm
Is this case a Class C or DD felony?
Too severe a sentence, imo
Dorchester man gets more than seven years in prison in mortgage scam
5/16/13 - 9:41 am
People who embezzle from charities seem to get less time than those who non-violently steal from...
I hope
Police say woman left job interview at Brookline restaurant with a laptop and an iPhone
5/15/13 - 1:14 pm
she gets the job!
Hooray for judge Coffey,
DA: Men denied entry to Dorchester party expressed their displeasure through gunfire
5/15/13 - 12:34 pm
Hooray for judge Coffey, judge Dougan would have set the bail at $200.
See something? Steal
That's quite the boarding-house reach
5/15/13 - 10:13 am
See something? Steal something.
Two in four days?
Four sought for early morning Mission Hill home invasion, kidnapping
5/15/13 - 9:37 am
Do they both have possible drug connections? I'm happy they let the girl go. Hopefully she wasn't...
hmm
Man charged with choking bus driver in Saugus two days after start of campaign against attacking T...
5/14/13 - 3:52 pm
starting to think those plexi-glass separators that most other transit systems use to separate the...
I can't believe I'm saying
Police: Dad left baby alone in car on Mother's Day while he went into a building known for...
5/13/13 - 4:44 pm
I can't believe I'm saying this, but it would've been better for the guy to bring his baby along...
Quincy
Beef over pickles in Quincy T stop ends with punch, shattered pickle jars, foot chase and arrest
5/13/13 - 9:45 am
have their own little goofy crime wave going on. I guess I'd rather have a pickle jar thrown at me...
Was
Raw video: Mother's Day Walk for Peace
5/12/13 - 7:33 pm
This filmed with a tennis shoe?
Didn't think I'd be the first
Dead man found in Mattapan cemetery
5/11/13 - 9:12 pm
Didn't think I'd be the first to say it but that's pretty convenient.
Boston Strong....
Residents tied up with zip ties in Mission Hill home invasion
5/11/13 - 8:15 pm
Boston Strong.... STRONG-ARMED, THAT IS! Thank you, thank you.
Well, the economy is picking up steam...
More people getting shot in Boston this year
5/9/13 - 9:09 am
So, opportunists are taking advantage of low interest rates and easing credit to expand their...
I was surprised at first that
Man shot to death in Charlestown
5/8/13 - 6:59 pm
I was surprised at first that this was right at the monument, but I think that map's wrong. 85...
heh, and the court misspells the detective's name
Court: Cops should always cross their Ts in search-warrant requests, but failing to do so doesn...
5/8/13 - 12:05 pm
Classic.
Welcome to Boston, where bars
Police say it was two bouncers who beat up customers outside a Canal Street bar in March
5/7/13 - 1:33 pm
Welcome to Boston, where bars get shout down for serving a drink at 2:01, but the Grand Canal will...
I hope the restaurants don't hold this against the drivers.
Chinese-food delivery guys getting held up on Topliff Street in Dorchester
5/7/13 - 9:32 am
.
Good for this guy
Drunk goons babble about Marathon as they try to beat American on Newbury Street
5/7/13 - 8:07 am
I'm gay, and wish more guys who get jumped for being gay would fight back like this guy. Now can...
That's called "a response"
The worst a Bruins fan can be: Leafs fan punched out at Garden after Bruins loss
5/6/13 - 10:29 pm
Some douchebags decide to do a tribal beatdown on Leafs fans, this is what you get.
Theater District?
Bouncer, two patrons stabbed in Theater District club
5/4/13 - 9:24 am
You mean the OK Corral?
What's with the epidemic of
Stabbing downtown
5/3/13 - 9:28 pm
What's with the epidemic of people having no problem killing each other over nothing? Not even...
I love you malcolm no matter
Man shot to death in Dorchester
5/3/13 - 5:20 pm
I love you malcolm no matter what. I know that our star in the sky will twinkle even brighter now,...
OK...
Two shot to death in parking lot of Roxbury drug store
5/3/13 - 2:34 pm
I'll admit to being jaded about urban crime, but WTF is going on? It's not even summertime. Can we...
One shot dead, One shot in the hand
Two shot in Roxbury, one dead
5/3/13 - 11:34 am
That's 3 dead from gun violence in Roxbury alone since April 17. How many shot dead in all of...
Not his first offense
DA: Holdup, beating at Mission Hill ATM ends when victim pulls out box cutter and carves up attacker
5/2/13 - 2:25 pm
Andover man charged in attack on his father
WTF is up in Allston these
Early morning hostage situation shuts Allston side street
5/2/13 - 8:45 am
WTF is up in Allston these days?
It's nice when the Feds imply college stupidity
Three pals of alleged Marathon bomber arrested
5/1/13 - 2:53 pm
...as the possible cause for these kids being connected to, aiding/abetting, or sheltering the...
Broken and dysfunctional families
Teen charged with trying to burn down Mattapan roller rink that denied her entry
5/1/13 - 8:13 am
Anger issues like this girl has are mostly a result of a very disruptive and dysfunctional home...
Gentrification
Man in car shot in Dorchester, in bad shape
5/1/13 - 6:25 am
Not to worry too much, the area is beginning to gentrify with lot's of folks who can't afford to...
Not inspected in 21 years
Killer house hadn't been inspected in 21 years
4/30/13 - 6:58 am
WTF is this city doing? 20 years since the last inspection makes me feel that the city is not...
Can we get the army of SWAT
Two shot in Roxbury, one taken to hospital in bad shape
4/29/13 - 10:39 pm
Can we get the army of SWAT cops and the FBI to show up and help free Roxbury from the daily terror...
Entitlement
Gnarly: Now Red Line trains need warnings against hanging 10
4/29/13 - 5:17 pm
Police say Green objected to being charged because he has "a God given right to do anything he...
Good to know Hecla street is
Dorchester party ends with three shot
4/29/13 - 3:11 pm
Good to know Hecla street is still a shit-hole after 20 years. :\
Waving guns around
Police: Child runs into side of moving car, child's family then attacks driver and her child
4/29/13 - 1:43 pm
Waving guns around sounds like a bad way to resolve conflict, to me.
The gun violence continues unabated
Shooting in Roslindale
4/29/13 - 10:33 am
The gun violence continues unabated. What can we do? More here.
Gun violence injuries and deaths in Boston
Gunfire in Roxbury; not long after, man shows up at hospital with gunshot wounds to the leg
4/29/13 - 12:41 am
Gun violence injuries and deaths in Boston seem to be accelerating.
George Herbert Walker Bush
Roslindale fight ends with gunfire
4/28/13 - 11:49 pm
George Herbert Walker Bush, a conservative Republican, resigned his membership in the NRA because...
Homicide notified for Wayland Street also
Man shot in Codman Square, taken away in bad shape
4/28/13 - 8:39 pm
Homicide also notified for Wayland Street for the shooting around 8 pm. How many murdered in "One...
Just not enough ammo
Brighton has a tree ninja, who goes around at night sawing trees just enough to make them die
4/28/13 - 8:28 pm
The pure number of people who need to shoot to death in this world, is just mind staggering.
In other words ...
Skittles don't come in prescription strength and now a South Boston man faces a drug charge
4/26/13 - 2:25 pm
If he had played it cool, they would never have caught him because his luggage (if he had any) was...
HAHA
Shots fired at Bromley-Heath
4/26/13 - 9:16 am
Ya Republicans! The Liberal voter base is killing each other and the Republican are to blame. I...
Good thing we're all dumb as rocks
The indictment against John O'Brien
4/25/13 - 4:52 pm
Or else some people might start to wonder how you can indict somebody for bribing elected officials...
Can we know what is the
Laughing killer to spend at least 15 years in prison for stabbing teen to death in JP parking lot
4/23/13 - 10:25 pm
Can we know what is the killer's religious belief? Or should the religion only be stated if you...
I work at 110 Canal, the
Shots fired near Brooke Courthouse
4/23/13 - 9:40 pm
I work at 110 Canal, the "suspects" tried dumping the gun by throwing it onto the roof of the Bank...
"no more hurting people...
Should *alleged bomber* Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be put to death?
4/23/13 - 2:12 pm
"no more hurting people... peace"
Good. Rot in hell you piece
Tsarnaev charged with using weapon of mass destruction
4/22/13 - 2:16 pm
Good. Rot in hell you piece of shit.
What's up with the dealers in this town
Traffic stop on Huntington Avenue turns into car and foot chase
4/22/13 - 11:16 am
I walked by a dude sitting in his car by Boylston and Charles street, in front of tons of tourists...