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A 41-year-old South Boston man was found with multiple gunshot wounds and near death last night on the beach by Day Boulevard and M Street, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. District C-6 reports the man was shot in the face.

The man is in critical condition at Boston Medical Center this morning, the DA's office says, adding State Police homicide detectives are investigating the shooting because the beach is state property.

State troopers and Boston Police officers responded to the location around 11:30 p.m. on reports of gunfire, the DA's office says.

AlertNewEngland tweets today police are looking for a gray Crown Victoria with Mass. plate 555 LG9.

Incredibly, after I filed a Motion to video with the Court, and provided said Motion to DA Dan Conley's underling Edmond Zabin -- and then proceeded to upload 35 YouTube videos (now with 14,000 views) Dan Conley gave me the stiff arm and a finger toward the face when I moved to ask him a question at conclusion of the Dan Talbot murder trial. He doesn't like the fact that I exposed a situation where it appears that Officer Billy Soto planted a spent .40 cal casing on top of a Gatorade bottle in the trash. Those of us who shoot guns, even occasionally can see that, scroll down and look at pictures, click on them, they are trial exhibits that I shot in hi-res 1600 x 1200

http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2010/01/dan-talbot-murder-trial-27-jan-2010.html

Seriously- what is it with MA cops killing motorists?

The local police department, state police, and DA have set a world speed record for wagon-circling; we don't even know why the officer tried to pull over the vehicle. Based on previous incidents, it's doubtful anyone will get more than a slapped wrist.

We could consider something like New York's law against shooting at moving vehicles, but numerous police departments have such rules and motorists are still getting killed, so here's a better idea.

Update: The DA has held a press conference. Andre Martins was shot and killed by Christopher Van Ness, who claimed Martins sped out of the parking lot where Van Ness was speaking to another officer. The DA stated "an unknown number" of bullets were fired by the officer ("unknown"? Why? Magic Disappearing Bullets?) Martins was shot while trying to make a U-turn on someone's front lawn, and paramedics said he had some wacky tobaccy hanging from his mouth when they pulled him from the car, which seems slightly unusual for someone who just had a high-speed chase, spun out, hit a cruiser, and was fatally shot.