DORCHESTER (WHDH) — Police are investigating after a shooting left one person dead Tuesday evening in Dorchester.
The shooting happened just after 7 p.m. on Bowdoin Street in front of St. Peter’s Parish church. Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said the BPD’s gang unit arrived on the scene and found a person in their late teens with gunshot wounds. The person was pronounced dead on the scene.
A witness told 7News he was in a nearby store when he heard around four shots. When he ran outside, he said he saw a body lying on the ground.
Evans said he does not believe this shooting was a random act. The victim has not been identified.
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