More than 25 shots rang out at a Talbot Avenue tire shop just after school let out at the nearby Lee K-8 school on Monday afternoon, sending two men to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Dozens of yellow cones marking spent shell casings dotted the street and the tire shop parking lot as police investigated the shooting, which took place around 3 p.m. as kids were in the after-school program at the BCYF Perkins community center across the street.

Police could be seen escorting students to their parents or caregivers in the aftermath of the incident. The school has a general dismissal at 2:10 p.m., so most students had left already.

Indications were that two parties encountered one another on Helen Street and Talbot Avenue and began shooting. Preliminary reports from sources close to the matter were that a city employee from a nearby facility had been shot while waiting for his vehicle at the tire shop. City officials would neither confirm nor deny the reports.

The identity of the other victim could not be confirmed either, but was said by sources to be an employee of the shop. The long-time business was recently part of a new collaboration between a local developer and the ownership – providing upgrades and improvements to the site.
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Boston Police arrested a 27-year-old Mattapan man last Thursday (Dec. 1) on firearm charges following a traffic stop on Orlando Street. Police say that the suspect— Ricardo Hamilton— was pulled over because his vehicle’s windows had excessive tint and he failed to signal. Once stopped, police say they observed a 9mm Glock in the vehicle. Hamilton was arrested without incident and will face charges for the unregistered weapon and ammunition, which included 17 rounds in a partly inserted magazine.

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Boston Police officers attached to the Drug Control units in four districts combined forces last Thursday to execute a search warrant at a Roxbury residence that led to the arrest of a 41-year-old Dorchester man on drug trafficking charges. Police say that the target of their investigation— Eric Salazar— was using the home at Stanwood Street and Weaver Way to distribute illicit drugs, including heroin, cocaine, crack, oxycodone and marijuana. The suspect was taken into custody in the area of Blue Hill Avenue and Irwin Avenue, according to a police account of the raid, which took place around 10:20 a.m.  Police say he was carrying a plastic bag of heroin along with $906 in cash.
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A fire on the morning of Friday, Dec. 2 damaged a house on Lucerne Street in Dorchester, according to the Boston Fire Department, which responded to the scene around 4 a.m. and “quickly” extinguished the blaze. There were no reports of injuries and 16 people were displaced in the incident, which remains under investigation.