Crime & Safety
Woman Identified In Monday's Fatal Dorchester Shooting
Boston police have identified Aisha Shepard, 38, as the victim in a homicide investigation after a shooting on Irma Street Monday.
DORCHESTER, MA — A shooting after a party on Irma Street in Dorchester leaves Aisha Shepard, 38, of Roxbury dead.
Officers responded to the scene near Blue Hill Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Monday morning to find Shepard suffering from an apparent gunshot wound before pronouncing her dead at the scene.
Police did not immediately release her name.
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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, they added.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Boston police homicide detectives at 617-343-4470.
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