DORCHESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - A search continued Tuesday night for a gunman who police said opened fire on a busy street in Dorchester earlier in the day.
According to Massachusetts State Police, both troopers and Boston Police Department units were called to Gallivan Boulevard Tuesday afternoon for a “shots fired call.”
Flying overhead around 12:40 p.m., SKY7-HD spotted a large scene established by authorities, with multiple evidence markers placed in the middle of the street.
Writing on Twitter, state police said Gallivan Boulevard was shut down at multiple locations that included intersections with Dorchester Avenue and Washington Street to “facilitate the ongoing search for the suspect.”
Police could be sweeping though nearby side streets and entering a building on Alicia Road at one point after receiving reports that a suspect may be at the property. Authorities clad in SWAT gear later left the address with no arrests reported.
Gallivan Boulevard was later fully reopened by 1:20 p.m.
State police said in a subsequent update that no victims had been reported and that a search for a suspect was ongoing.
While no one was hurt, neighbors and community members on Tuesday were concerned.
“Shooting in broad daylight is the act of brazen criminals, quite frankly,” said Rev. Kevin Peterson with the New Democracy Coalition.
“Thank god nobody was hurt,” one other person said. “If nobody was hurt, that’s the most important part.”
Speaking close to the scene of the shooting, Peterson also called for change, noting ongoing concerns about increasing crime as the summer approaches.
“I’m deeply concerned about what the summer looks like,” he said.
Peterson, who has been among those speaking out after other recent violent incidents in Boston, said this week that fighting crime goes beyond police enforcement. The task, he said, also requires community conversations.
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