Man bludgeoned to death with baseball bat near Ruggles

By adamg on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 11:12pm

UPDATE, 4/30/12: Man charged with the murder.

Colin Young reports a bludgeoning death tonight in an apartment at Tremont and Cunard streets. Brian D'Amico reports at least one of three suspects is in custody.

UPDATE: Boston Police report the victim was in his 50s and pronounced dead at the scene. "The preliminary investigation indicates that this was not a random incident."

Updates:

Court rules man got a fair trial on charges he bashed his roommate to death with a baseball bat in Roxbury; to spend rest of life in prison - 5/19/20

Man gets life for bludgeoning roommate to death with a baseball bat - 12/17/14

Man to be arraigned in beating death of neighbor - 4/30/12

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any connection to Northeastern University?

By Ron Newman on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 12:12am.

Any word on whether either the victim or any of the suspects are NU students?

Doesn't sound like it

By adamg on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 11:36am.

Man in his 50s, BPD's saying.

scary

By anthoknee on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 12:53am.

ugh, i live like...right around the corner from this and whenever i hear about violent crime in the area it just really frightens me when i think about myself or my roommates walking home alone at night. i just try and remind myself that most violent crimes like this are provoked in some kind of way and are not done in cold blood. or at least that's what i hope.

NIMBY

By Ian on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 10:20am.

this area is an epicenter of heroin abuse for Boston. Last year there was a major police action, Operation Tanglewood, that slowed down some of the problem.

While the "average" citizen will not be killed in this manner, it is unacceptable for us to view these horrific crimes with a nonchalant attitude.

This is should be the real working out of NIMBY, and not for anyone's neighborhood.

Shit, no wonder homicide has a 30% clearance rate

By anon on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 2:34pm.

"The preliminary investigation indicates that this was not a random incident."

Wow, can't get anything past the men of BPD Homicide...except 70% of their cases, of course...

Victim identified

By adamg on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 7:01pm.

Boston Police report he was Roosevelt Harris, 50.