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Man in car shot in West Roxbury

By adamg on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 12:18am

Updated Thursday morning with additional information from BPD.

Around 11:30 p.m., somebody opened fire on a car on Spring Street near Baker that was heading towards Centre. The passenger, a man in his 30s, was hit.

The driver raced to Faulkner Hospital, from which the victim was transferred to a hospital with a trauma center. Boston Police report his injuries are not life-threatening.

Police do not have a suspect description.

Neighborhoods: 
West Roxbury
Topics: 
Crime
Free tagging: 
Spring Street
Guns


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Comments

By anon on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 12:31am.

Come on now adam - was there a shooting in west roxbury or not? Is there a report of Shots fired in west roxbury?

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By adamg on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 1:02am.

And BPD's ShotSpotter doesn't cover West Roxbury. But witnesses told police that's where it happened, and E5 has taken over the investigation from E13.

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By anon on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 1:48am.

you won't necessarily realize they are gunshots. They sound like small firecrackers or pops, not great big bangs like in action movies.

I'm not familiar with this area of West Roxbury, but if it's an area that doesn't see gunfire regularly and no one witnessed anything suspicious, it would be quite possible that people didn't realize they were hearing gunfire.

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By adamg on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 10:55am.

Yes, a man in a car was shot on Spring Street last night.

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By MassMouse on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 1:12pm.

Le sigh.

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