The Boston Police Department reports a 23-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound at 970 Blue Hill Ave. by Franklin Field around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday.  Read more

The Boston Police Department reports a man, 38, died at 61 Stratton St. after being shot repeatedly shortly before 6 a.m.

He is Dorchester's second murder victim Saturday (other victim was on Seaver Street) and the 22nd this year.

Murders over the past year.

The Boston Police Department reports a 45-year-old man was shot to death around 4 a.m. at 396 Seaver St. He is Dorchester's 21st murder victim this year.  Read more

Serrano ceremony: Family of Geraldo Serrano gather around a plaque in his honor last Saturday.The area outside of an Upham’s Corner bodega became a place of remembrance Saturday as neighbors and friends of the late Geraldo Serrano gathered for the unveiling of a memorial to the store clerk and neighborhood fixture. A bronze plaque now adorns the southern wall of the building at the corner of Dudley Street and Dudley Terrance, the location of Hermanos Unidos, the store the 71-year old Serrano worked in when he was gunned down during a robbery in February. The building is now named in Seranno’s honor as a memorial to his contributions to the community.  Read more

City and state officials are stepping up monitoring efforts this week after a sample of mosquitoes captured in Dorchester last week tested positive for West Nile Virus, a bug and bird-borne disease that can be deadly to humans.
Culex pipiens, the Northern House mosquito

The city’s Boston Public Health Commission alerted the public to the discovery last Friday. While officials stress that the risk of individual human cases of West Nile are relatively low, extra mosquito traps have been set throughout the neighborhood this week to further probe the extent of the problem. City officials refused to narrow down the geographic location of the infected bugs beyond the general “north” Dorchester area, but emphasized that the disease is highly mobile and that people throughout the region should take precautions.  Read more

For the second day in a row, somebody was murdered in broad daylight on a Dorchester street.  Read more

Two people were shot, one fatally, last Thursday (Aug. 12) in front of an Adams Street home across the street from Hemenway Park. Police responded to the scene at 531 Adams Street — at the corner of Lonsdale Street— just before 9:30 p.m. Two male victims were found suffering from gunshot wounds. One of the men, 30 year-old David Martins, later died from his injuries at Boston Medical Center. The other victim, a teenager, was also shot multiple times but is expected to survive. Police have not discussed a possible motive for the crime, but urge the public to come forward with any information.  Read more

The Boston Police Department reports Terrance Small, 39, was murdered outside 2 Shafter St. this afternoon.  Read more

A water line break outside the Lower Mills Apartments left residents in the building without fresh water, toilets or showers for several hours on Tuesday afternoon. Residents say that the rupture happened as work crews dug outside the building at 2262 Dorchester Ave. at approximately 2 p.m. on Aug. 17. Residents had been told that they should expect to be without water for roughly 8 hours, but service was restored around 6 p.m.  Read more

A Dorchester man already being tracked as a suspected arsonist was arrested Monday on charges he set a Roslindale house on fire early Monday morning, federal and city officials say.  Read more