BOSTON (WHDH) - One person was rushed to the hospital on Sunday after being shot in broad daylight in Mattapan, officials said.
Officers responding to a reported shooting on Duke Street about 3:30 p.m. found the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, according to Boston police.
The victim was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that are considered to be serious to life-threatening.
“I just ran outside because I heard all of the gunshots and I was hoping he was ok,” Chuck Taylor said. “I just see my friend up here on this porch laying in blood.”
Taylor witnessed the incident and said his friend was hit in the neck. He told 7’s Kimberly Bookman that his mother, a registered nurse, rushed out and immediately went to work on the victim.
“My mother starts to run over and do CPR on him. So, as of right now we don’t know what is going on or if he is going to be OK,” Taylor said.
Taylor says he has no idea why someone would target his friend.
“He has never really been gang-related, never carried guns, never done drugs, sold anything, he’s a very good kid,” he said. “I don’t see why anyone would have a vendetta against him.”
Several people in the area say that the man was not the only victim of the brazen shooting.
“His dad was down the street I believe and then ran down,” Taylor said. “Then I guess they got him in his arm.”
Now, the neighborhood is checkered with evidence markers as police focus on a house diagonally across from where the victim was found.
They rang the doorbell, examined the home’s siding and even used a K-9 unit to try and determine who is behind this shooting.
No arrests have been made.
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