Live Boston reports a man sitting in a car on Baird Street, near Blue Hill Avenue, was shot in the head shortly after 7:30 p.m. Because of the severity of the victim's injuries, the homicide unit was called in.
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By adamg - 11/11/21 - 9:39 pm
Stanley Stacos reports a vehicle flipped over on Cummins Highway where it meets Wood Avenue and Harvard Street shortly after 9 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 11/10/21 - 12:43 pm
The Dorchester Reporter reports on the extension of the Boston-funded pilot.
By adamg - 11/10/21 - 9:02 am
Deering Road crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.
Victim identified as Rosa Hicks, 48, of Allston.
Boston Police report a woman was fatally shot around 11 p.m. on Tuesday at 106 Deering Rd. in Mattapan. Read more.
By adamg - 11/8/21 - 6:37 pm
Boston Police say things went south quickly for Marlon Raymond, 18, of Roxbury after he ran a red light outside the B-3 police station at Morton Street and Blue Hill Avenue shortly after midnight today: Read more.
By adamg - 11/8/21 - 9:34 am
The Dig takes us on a tour of the co-working space that Jeffrey Similien built out of what was long ago the Oriental Theater at 1601 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan Square.
By adamg - 10/27/21 - 9:31 am
BU Today reports the death of Jennifer Formichelli, an English teacher at Boston University Academy, around 7 a.m. Tuesday at Blue Hill Avenue and Walk Hill Street.
By adamg - 10/19/21 - 9:01 pm
From West Roxbury to Mattapan to Dorchester, people were reporting helicopters tonight, and not just your basic news copters, but big-ass, low-flying behemoths that rattled windows and annoyed the more skittish pets.Read more.
By adamg - 10/13/21 - 2:55 pm
NBC Boston reports there were no students onboard and the driver was able to escape without injury when the bus erupted in flames this morning.
By adamg - 10/12/21 - 11:31 am
WBUR talks to Al Copeland of Mattapan about his case, which Boston settled last year by paying him and his wife $1.3 million.
By adamg - 10/6/21 - 10:59 pm
Evidence markers between the car that was shot up. Photo by Live Boston.
Victim identified as Diamante Nicholson, 25, of Mattapan.
While sitting in a car on Walk Hill Street near Blue Hill Avenue, around 10:55 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 10/5/21 - 11:20 am
Update: Licensing Board found the club had adequate staffing and could not have foreseen the problem, so no violation.
The owners of Macumba Latina on River Street in Mattapan say they have stopped Thursday-night events that were heavily promoted in Brockton following a July incident in which River Street was shut by knots of people throwing punches at each other. Read more.
By adamg - 9/18/21 - 12:13 am
Live Boston reports somebody was shot at Walk Hill and Almont streets in Mattapan late Friday afternoon and that the homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.
By adamg - 9/17/21 - 12:28 pm
Boston firefighters are at 19 Holmfield Ave., off River Street, for a basement fire reported around 12:15 p.m.
By adamg - 9/9/21 - 2:25 pm
The State House News Service reports the federal EPA yesterday formally proposed making the Neponset River, from Dana Avenue in Hyde Park to Dorchester Lower Mills a designated Superfund hazardous-waste and cleanup site due to the large volume of PCBs in river silt and the difficulties of trying to recoup costs from dozens of sites responsible for the contamination on one of the nation's oldest industrial waterways.
In its proposal to designate the river, the EPA says: Read more.
By adamg - 8/31/21 - 9:15 am
Boston Police have released photos of an SUV they say may have had something to do with Antonni Diaz's fatal shooting on Woodbole Avenue in Mattapan on Aug. 22.
If the vehicle looks familiar, contact homicide detectives at 617-343-4470 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting TIP to CRIME (27463).
By adamg - 8/24/21 - 4:24 pm
Crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.
Victim identified as Antonni Diaz, 30, of Mattapan.
Boston Police report a man was shot around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday at 12 Woodbole Ave. in Mattapan. He was transported to a local hospital and died last night, police say.
By adamg - 8/21/21 - 7:34 pm
Retiring District 6 (West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill) City Councilor Matt O'Malley made a trip over to the Jamaica Pond boathouse today to endorse Mary Tamer as his replacement over Kendra Hicks and Winnie Eke. Read more.
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