BOSTON (WHDH) - Police are investigating after a man was shot in Dorchester Tuesday afternoon, according to Boston police.

Officers responded to the area of 77 Bowdoin Avenue for a report of a person shot at approximately 3:15 p.m.

The street was blocked off to traffic as homicide detectives and a fire truck were on scene.

Police said the man who was shot was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

No arrests have yet been made.

No other details were immediately available.

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