Shootings involving two or more victims have doubled since 2014.
This year’s challenge was held in honor of Sergeant Detective Richard Clancy, who was recently diagnosed with ALS.
Take a look at some of the unusual, funny and just plain strange police reports from around the commonwealth.
There’s a new hostage phone scam happening across the City of Boston that you need to know about.
Local police are warning parents to watch out for "flakka," which can cause paranoia, "excited delirium" and death, even in small amounts.
Two Iowa men were in possession of hundreds of rounds of ammo when they tried to enter the event at Hynes Convention Center, police said.
The incident took place Friday morning just before 10 a.m. at St. Botolph and Cumberland Streets.
Welcome to the force, Viggo! The department unveiled the name of its newest fury friend on Friday morning.
Patrick McCarthy, 35, was arraigned Wednesday in Lowell District Court on a charge of assault and battery on a household member.
The BPD will give out $200 Visa gift cards to those who participate in the gun buyback program.
Victims were as young as six years old; plea deal says crimes occurred across several states over five years.
The victim was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The Boston Police Department is asking the public to suggest names for its new nine-week-old Belgian Shepherd.
Anita Kurmann was killed Friday morning when she was hit by a tractor trailer at a busy Back Bay intersection.
The Boston City Council is set to hear a proposal that calls for all city police officers to wear body cameras.
The Boston Police Department released its crime statistics for the first half of 2015 on Tuesday.
FEMA awarded a total of $19,237,879 in grants to seven Massachusetts fire departments.
The plane, registered to a Boston Company, crashed Wednesday night at a Milwaukee airport, killing at least two on board.
Man assaulted two females before directing anti-gay comments toward them on July 4.
An off-duty firefighter pulled a 54-year-old man from the water at Carson Beach.
Alejandro Done allegedly raped six different people during a nine-year span.
The package was found in a car on Beacon Street.
Police officers guarded Boston's Moakley Courthouse while the trial was taking place.
The body was found near the Harvard Bridge Friday morning.
Officials say the incident took place at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street.
A former Uber driver has been jailed in connection to a series of sexual assaults which took place near the Esplanade and in South Boston.
Plus, a worker is hurt badly during an airport construction project, and Boston threatens to shut down a city bar after multiple violations.
A man suffered serious injuries in a construction accident at Boston’s Logan International Airport.
Authorities say woman attempted to move four bricks of cocaine through Boston's Logan Airport.
Plus, a young child is found among heroin and crack during a drug raid in Falmouth.
A 72-year-old woman fell and hit her head on pavement after a passerby violently pushed her to the ground.
Plus, the Massachusetts House passes a budget that could mean big changes at the MBTA.
The teens were taken into custody and warned about the importance of gun safety.
The Boston Fire Department and Transit Police officers responded to Federal Street to help battle the flames.
The man fell into the Muddy River near Charlesgate Park and did not resurface.
Major Richard McKeon will assume command of 2,300 Massachusetts State Police troopers.
More than 100 victims have been identified, including four from Massachusetts as the FBI asks for the public's assistance.
Multiple passengers onboard the flight were forced to restrain the man before the plan landed Wednesday afternoon.