Crime & Safety
1 Dead, 6 Injured In Lynn Shooting Early Saturday: Reports
"This violence was put on them in a terrible way." — Essex DA Paul Tucker told news outlets, about the social gathering.
LYNN, MA — One person died and six others were wounded, including two critically, in Lynn in a drive-by shooting early Saturday morning, authorities told NBC Boston.
Police told the outlet that they responded to multiple 911 calls about a shooting at a social gathering on Essex Street. Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker confirmed for the outlet the shots came from a vehicle.
The victim was not identified but a man at the scene, Brian Diaz, told the outlet that it was his 25-year-old brother, Abraham Diaz. The shooting took place at a party to celebrate a friend who was leaving for college, the outlet reported.
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Tucker told WCVB-TV, "This is a terrible act of violence. We do not believe this was a random act of violence."
"They were having some type of a social gathering,” he told the outlet. “This violence was put upon them in a terrible way."
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Police have not taken any suspects into custody, according to reports.
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