A man was shot in the stomach during an apparent “attempted carjacking” on a normally peaceful street in Savin Hill last Friday, Aug. 22. The incident — which remains under investigation with no arrests yet reported— unfolded just before 6 p.m. on Old Colony Terrace, the side street off Morrissey Boulevard that leads into the residential Savin Hill neighborhood. Officers responding to a radio call for a person shot found a male victim “in the middle of the street… suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his abdomen.”
Boston Police released this surveillance video Tuesday night of the alleged suspects on scooters.
A police report reviewed by The Reporter does not give any details about how the shooting happened, but sources at the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association, briefed by a police commander on Monday, said the victim had pulled over to “secure cargo” in his pick-up truck when he was accosted by two people on a scooter who attempted to steal the truck, leading to an altercation and the shooting. The victim’s car was towed from the scene as part of the BPD investigation.
Detectives assigned to District C-11 announced Tuesday night they are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the pictured individuals involved in the incident at Old Colony Terrace and Savin Hill Avenue. They did confirm the incident appears to have started as an attempted carjacking.
•Suspect One is described as wearing a white full-face mask with dark clothing and white/red footwear and may have an injury to the right forearm/wrist area.
•Suspect Two was wearing a black full-face mask with a grey hooded top with black lettering across the mid-back.
The Boston Police Department is actively reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident. Anyone with information is strongly urged to contact District C-11 Detectives at (617) 343-4335.
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A woman was mauled by an “out-of-control” dog that was shot and killed by responding officers on Monday evening near Dorchester’s Kane Square, according a report from WCVB-TV 5. The station reported that police were called to an address on Howe Terrace around 7:30 p.m. and found a woman with serious injuries from dog bites to her arm. The officers reportedly fired on the animal when it turned on them. The victim in the attack was rushed to a local hospital and was expected to survive. The dog’s breed has not yet been reported.
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Boston Police say officers recovered 11 loaded guns— and made several arrests—in Dorchester and Roxbury on Sat., Aug. 23, as the annual Caribbean Carnival drew large crowds to neighborhood streets in the morning and afternoon.
In one instance, a 15-year-old teen was arrested after police say they saw him fire a gun inside a crowded Harambee Park near the basketball courts just before 8 p.m.
“Officers ordered the suspect to drop the gun, which he did not comply with and attempted to flee on a moped which did not start,” a police account relayed. “The suspect attempted to run, and a firearm fell to the ground from his waistband. Officers quickly handcuffed the suspect, and were immediately advised of a person shot. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.”
A Glock 26 gun with one spent shell casing in the chamber and four rounds in an extended magazine was taken from the scene. The suspect— a juvenile— was not named, but will face various gun and assault and battery charges in Dorchester court.
Earlier in the day, around 10:40 a.m., police stationed near Columbia Road and Blue Hill Avenue heard several gunshots nearby and quickly found a victim lying in the middle of the street by the corner of Old Road and Michigan Avenue. The young man, hit in the upper left thigh, was treated by officers with tourniquets to stem his bleeding and then taken to the hospital by EMTs. The BPD account of the incident noted that the police response was interrupted by “another large group of people fighting and additional calls for service.” Two men who were observed fleeing the scene were taken into custody, but no arrests or charges for the shooting itself have been reported.
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An investigation is ongoing into a shots fired call in the 90th block of Draper Street off of Bowdoin Street on Monday, Aug. 25 around 5:25 p.m.
According to a police account, a ShotSpotter activation was triggered, and police responded to the scene where they found ballistic evidence on the scene. No victims were located, and no arrests have been made. According to police dispatch at the time, officers were looking for a male on a grey scooter with “red footwear.”
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Police responded to a juvenile that was shot in the leg on Monday, Aug. 18, around the 900th block of Blue Hill Avenue, according to a Boston Police report.
A large contingent of police responded around 7:51 p.m. to the scene and found the juvenile female with a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim was transported to the hospital via ambulance with injuries that were believed to be non-life threating.
