Murder
Dead man found in Mattapan cemetery
By adamg - 5/11/13 - 12:25 pmBoston Police report a man was found with a gunshot wound inside Calvary Cemetery at Harvard and Walk Hill streets, around 10:45 a.m.
The victim is Boston's 19th homicide victim this year - and the sixth since the Marathon.
Man shot to death in Charlestown
By adamg - 5/7/13 - 10:35 pmUpdated Wednesday morning.
A man was shot in the chest and stomach around 10:15 p.m. at 85 Monument St.
Friends are mourning the loss of Steven Jones, Boston's fifth murder victim since the Marathon.
Boston Police report Jones, found outside, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police were looking for a Hispanic man, 5'9", skinny, 20-23, in beige shorts and with tattoos across his stomach. He was accompanied by two women.
Man shot to death in Dorchester
By adamg - 5/3/13 - 4:38 pmBoston Police report a man shot Sunday evening died.
Malcolm Campbell of South Boston was 23.
According to police, Campbell was shot around 7:50 p.m. in the area of Howard Avenue and Wayland Street.
Police say security guards nearby reported hearing six shots. Officers responding to the shooting first spotted a purple PT Cruiser speeding away from the scene on Howard Avenue and then came upon Campbell lying on the ground. He was rushed to Boston Medical Center, where he died.
Two shot to death in parking lot of Roxbury drug store
By adamg - 5/3/13 - 2:21 pmWCVB reports two people were shot near the entrance to the Walgreens at 416 Warren St..
Boston Police report both men, in their 20s, died. One was pronounced dead at the scene, the other died at Boston Medical Center.
Two shot in Roxbury, one dead
By adamg - 5/3/13 - 6:44 amStanley Staco reports several shots were fired inside 41 Prentiss St. around 12:45 a.m. A man was taken out in critical condition, a woman with a hand wound.
The Globe reports the man died, making him the third Roxbury murder victim since April 17.
Man shot to death in Roxbury
By adamg - 4/20/13 - 1:43 amUPDATE: Boston Police identify the victim as Joel D. Phillips, 25.
UPDATE: The Globe reports the victim died.
Somebody was shot around 1:35 a.m. at 52 Copeland St.. A suspect was described as a black male, 5'9" with braids, wearing a white cap and a white shirt. He may have fired 12 shots.
Man shot near Dudley Square, dies
By adamg - 4/17/13 - 8:54 pmUPDATE: Boston Police identify the victim as Clifton E. Townsend, 22, of Mattapan. His friends knew him as Cliffy. He leaves behind a young daughter.
AlertNewEngland and Stanley Staco report somebody was shot shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Dudley Street near Harrison. The victim died later. Two suspect fled up Mt. Pleasant Avenue.
Man shot to death in Jamaica Plain
By adamg - 3/31/13 - 8:49 pmUPDATE: Boston Police identify the victim as Edward Villalona, 25, of Jamaica Plain.
Updated 11:55 p.m.
Brian D'Amico reports a man was shot around 8:30 p.m. at 104 Minden St. He was brought to Brigham and Women's Hospital, where the Globe reports he died.
Police are looking for a light-skinned black man, about 5'8" and wearing a black T-shirt, who raced away in a dark Ford Flex with a white roof.
Two shot, one dead in Dorchester
By adamg - 3/9/13 - 10:02 pmBoston Police report officers found two men shot in a gray Toyota Corolla at Columbia Road and Hancock Street around 6:30 p.m., Saturday.
One man was pronounced dead at the scene, the other was taken to Boston Medical Center in critical condition, police say.
Friends identify the dead man as Thaddeus "Mighty" Clark.
Body found in car on Roxbury street
By adamg - 3/5/13 - 4:30 pmPolice are on Langdon Street, where the body of a man, apparently in his 20s, was discovered around 3 p.m.
Man shot to death at Dudley station
By adamg - 2/28/13 - 11:01 pm
Courtney Jackson.Updated Friday morning.
A man shot in the stomach around 9:50 p.m. at the Dudley MBTA station was pronounced dead not long after at Boston Medical Center. WBZ reports the man was shot in the station, then stumbled onto a crowded 28 bus.
Friends are identifying him as Will Jack, also known as Courtney Jackson.
Brian Cooper, 25, and Jamel Bannister, 22, are scheduled for arraignment today in Roxbury District Court on murder and firearms charges, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Both were nabbed not long after the shooting by Boston Police officers working a detail nearby. Transit Police say the shooting was not random - the pair targeted Jackson.
State Police find body under I-93 in the South End
By adamg - 2/25/13 - 11:52 amUPDATE: Everett man charged with stabbing Corey Thompson to death.
The Globe reports investigators are looking at whether the cause of death was homicide. Found near Albany Street this morning.
Man shot to death in Mattapan; one suspect arrested, two sought
By adamg - 2/17/13 - 6:54 pmUPDATE: Second suspect arrested.
UPDATE: Police identify the victim as Rayshawn Lamont Few, 27.
Boston Police report finding a man with multiple gunshot wounds at 24 Woodruff Way around 2:35 a.m. today. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Woman shot to death in Roslindale
By adamg - 1/29/13 - 9:14 pmVictim identified: Carly Jones.
Boston Police report a 34-year-old woman was found shot to death around 7 p.m. at 28 Fawndale Rd.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police say. She is Boston's third murder victim this month.
The triple decker is a couple blocks from the Archdale project, where a man was shot to death on Christmas.
Man shot to death in South Boston
By adamg - 1/7/13 - 11:40 amUPDATE: Victim identified as Jonathan Reyes, 18, of South Boston.
Boston Police report a man was shot repeatedly outside the the Trolley House building at 335 W. 2 St. around 2:50 a.m. He was taken to Tufts Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Man stabbed in Allston is Boston's first murder victim
By adamg - 1/1/13 - 11:03 am5 p.m. update: Boston Police report arresting Brian MacDonald, 24, of Allston, for the murder of Tony Spaulding. MacDonald will be arraigned tomorrow in Brighton District Court.
Boston Police report a man found stabbed around 2:40 a.m. at 48 Pratt St. died at Beth Israel Hospital.
Stanley Staco reports the man was stabbed several times during a house party and that police are looking for a man and a woman who fled the scene.
The murder is the latest violent incident in the student-heavy Gardner Street area, which has seen everything from women having their skirts lifted for photos to people being punched in the face for no discernible reason.
Man shot to death in Roxbury
By adamg - 12/31/12 - 5:21 pmBoston Police report a man found with gunshot wounds on the porch at 131 Harold St. around 1:30 a.m., Friday was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he died.
He was 39.
Man shot to death in Roslindale housing project
By adamg - 12/25/12 - 9:50 pmBrian D'Amico and Scott Eisen report the man was shot in the head around 8:30 p.m. at 20 Brookway Terrace in the Archdale project. Boston Police report the victim was in his 20s, was found outside the building and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Archdale was the scene of a double shooting that left one dead in June, 2011, followed by a possibly related double murder a few weeks later nearby on Washington Street. Boston Police only recently ended a 24-hour vigil outside that location.
Body found in the Fenway
By adamg - 12/18/12 - 10:56 amUPDATE: Police say the victim was stabbed to death.
The Globe reports homicide detectives are looking into how a body turned up near the Boston Fire Department alarm building this morning.
Man shot in the head in Roxbury, dies
By adamg - 12/15/12 - 12:38 pmUPDATE: Victim identified.
Boston Police report a man shot shortly before 11 a.m. outside 11 Windsor St., off Melnea Cass and Shawmut, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Man shot in Dorchester, dies
By adamg - 12/13/12 - 9:43 pmA man was shot around 8:30 p.m. at 39 Elmont St. Boston Police report the victim, Ronald Dias, 23, died.
A possible suspect: Black male, late 20s, early 30s, with hazel eyes and wearing black hoodie, spotted running toward Vassar.
Man shot to death in Roxbury apartment
By adamg - 12/11/12 - 4:12 pmUPDATE: Suspect arrested.
UPDATE: Boston Police identify the victim as Shawn Taylor, 28.
Boston Police report a 28-year-old man was fatally shot inside 37 Copeland St. around 1:20 this morning.
'Inmate on inmate violence' leaves prisoner at South Bay dead
By adamg - 12/3/12 - 7:35 amWBZ reports.
Two shot, one dead in Roxbury
By adamg - 11/28/12 - 3:57 pmUPDATE: The second victim also died.
Boston Police report two men were shot around 2:45 p.m. at Batchelder and Longmeadow streets and that one of them - shot in the head - died. The other is at Boston Medical Center with life threatening injuries.
Man shot to death in Brighton
By adamg - 11/19/12 - 6:47 pmUPDATE: Arrest made in the death of Leroy Cooper.
Brian D'Amico and Scott Eisen report a man found with gunshot wounds around 5:40 p.m. at 118 Leicester St. died.
