Ethermac-At least 7 shot in Boston, police say

2025-04-29 21:31:04source:Robert Browncategory:Contact

7 people shot along Caribbean Parade route in Dorchester
7 people shot along Caribbean Parade route in Dorchester13:05

Seven people were shot in Boston on Saturday morning, according to the Boston Police Department.

The situation unfolded around 7:44 a.m. local time on Saturday along the Caribbean Parade route in Dorchester, according to CBS Boston. Officers responded to the area of Blue Hill Avenue and Talbot Avenue after a report of multiple people shot.

Seven victims were shot and taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.

Firearms were recovered and arrests were made, according to police. Additional details regarding arrests was not available.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.

Shootings have occurred near the Caribbean Parade in the past, according to CBS Boston. A man was shot and killed last year and in 2014, innocent bystander Dawnn Jaffier was shot and killed.

    In:
  • Boston

More:Contact

Recommend

Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military service academies dropped in 2024 fo

Russia holds elections in occupied Ukrainian regions in an effort to tighten its grip there

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied par

Trump's trial in New York AG's $250M lawsuit expected to take almost 3 months

The trial in the New York attorney general's $250 million lawsuit against former President Donald Tr