BOSTON (WHDH) - Two people were taken to the hospital following a pair of related shootings at two locations in Dorchester early Wednesday morning, according to police.
Emergency crews arrived on scene outside the Dublin House pub just before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. A quarter mile away, investigators also blocked off part of Humphreys Place, where a large amount of crime scene tape could be seen stretched across the road.
At the Dublin House, investigators appeared to be focusing on a red car outside the bar on the corner of Columbia Road and Stoughton Street.
On Humphreys Place, officers were walking the scene with flashlights. Officers also brought in at least one canine.
Police data showed Boston already had 13 fatal shootings in 2023 as of Wednesday, up from just five fatal shootings at the same time in 2022.
This week, six people have been shot in Boston since Sunday, including two people who were killed Sunday night.
New Democracy Coalition Founder Rev. Kevin Peterson and others have raised concerns this year about shootings and violent incidents in Boston.
“I continue to plead with Mayor Wu and the police commissioner to work specifically and directly with community members in order to address the violence to get some of the murderers off our streets,” he said hours after Wednesday’s shooting.
Wu also addressed the violence on Wednesday.
“We want to make sure that, in every community, we’re having these conversations around how we can really band together and make sure that we are putting our foot down that violence is not acceptable in the city of Boston,” she said.
“Whenever an incident does happen, there’s a community meeting that follows and so we’re working with community members now to make sure that we can really understand what is needed in every area,” she continued.
The man and woman who were injured in Wednesday morning’s incidents are expected to survive, officials said.
Police said no arrests had been made as of Wednesday afternoon and asked anyone with information to reach out.
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