Overview
- The shooting, which occurred Wednesday morning on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester, left an adult man with gunshot injuries who later died at a hospital.
- Boston Police say the attack appeared targeted and that the victim and suspect were known to each other rather than the shooting being random.
- Officers have not made any arrests and have sealed the scene with tape and evidence markers while detectives canvass the area for witnesses and surveillance video.
- Witnesses said the victim, described as likely in his mid-20s, may have been working on a bicycle near a stoop when someone approached and shot him; his name has not been released.
- The shooting follows other recent city incidents, including a Hyde Park case that produced an arrest, and has spurred community meetings and a promise from police to pursue the investigation aggressively.