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Canton Shooting Prompts Shelter-In-Place as Police Hunt Armed Suspect

Investigators believe the victim was waiting to meet the gunman.

Overview

  • A woman in her 20s was shot in the driver’s seat outside Lamplighter Village around 6:40–7 p.m. and was taken to a Boston hospital with serious injuries.
  • Police say the shooting was not random and that the suspect fled after firing into the parked car; a passenger was uninjured.
  • Residents in Lamplighter Village, Canton Woods, and areas from Tracywood Road to the Stoughton line were told to shelter in place after a reverse 911 alert.
  • The suspect is described as a Black male in his late teens or early 20s, 5'5" to 5'6", thin, clean-shaven, and wearing a black beanie.
  • No arrests have been made, and Canton police are investigating with Massachusetts State Police and Stoughton and Randolph officers as drivers are urged to avoid Turnpike Street/Route 138.