Public Safety
Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley says a Boston police officer and a state trooper "acted appropriately" in a shootout that ended with teenager Manuel DaVeiga's death on Navillus Terrace in April of last year.
Boston Officer Greg Bowden and... Read more
47-49 Savin Hill Ave: Six-family house has been source of concern in Savin Hill.First in a two-part series.
When 19-year-old Derek Matulina was shot to death at the Savin Hill MBTA station on May 7, his father instinctively knew the house where the... Read more
Above, the latest report on today's incident from BNN-TV's Neighborhood Network News.
A man apparently intent on killing his girlfriend initiated a gun battle that left him, the woman and a Boston Police officer with gunshot wounds early Tuesday morning.... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man leaving the Polish American Club, 82 Boston St., around 5 p.m. on Wednesday was robbed of $300.
Police described the attacker as a white male, 25, about 5'10" with a medium build and wearing a white T-shirt and... Read more
The news this week that the MBTA has come out against a plan to route the next phase of the Neponset Greenway though its property in Mattapan Square is a deep disappointment for proponents of the Greenway and a potentially huge setback in the decades-long... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports three men were shot around 7 a.m. Tuesday inside Hicks Auto Body, 10 Talbot Ave.
Police say only one of the men was the intended target; the other two were unintended victims. All were taken to local hospitals and are... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a 22-year-old Mattapan man on a variety of gun and drug charges yesterday, only a few months after he got out of a federal prison on a crack-trafficking conviction.
Police officers and federal marshals... Read more
Chris Lovett of BNN-TV's Neighborhood Network News interviews Dorchester Youth Collaborative's Emmett Folgert about the controversy surrounding the weekend's disturbances at Carson Beach and Savin Hill, which were initially attributed to gang activity.
At least four local law enforcement agencies responded to a series of rowdy student gatherings held at Carson Beach over the Memorial Day weekend. Police estimate that as many as one thousand high school students, from Boston and Somerville, flocked to... Read more
A holiday weekend that saw two men shot to death in Dorchester and Mattapan was followed Tuesday by two more shootings - one fatal - and a stabbing, the Boston Police Department reports.
The Boston Police Department reports a man was murdered around 8 p.m... Read more
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