Crime & Safety
Woman Dead And 5 Hospitalized After Dorchester Overnight Shooting
A woman is dead and five others are left hospitalized after a shooting on Irma Street in Dorchester early Monday morning.
DORCHESTER, MA — A shooting on Irma Street in Dorchester leaves police investigating after a woman is dead and five others are hospitalized.
Officers responded to the scene near Blue Hill Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Monday morning to find a woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound before pronouncing her dead at the scene.
The woman's name has not been released.
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Boston police say two other victims were found nearby with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Three other victims were self-transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police added.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Boston police homicide detectives at 617-343-4470.
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