Crime & Safety
Dorchester Shooting Is State's First Homicide Of 2019
A man in his 30s walked into a woman's New Year's Eve party and said he had been shot.
DORCHESTER, MA — A man was shot and killed outside a New Year's Eve party early Tuesday morning, marking the first homicide in Massachusetts in 2019.
Around 3 a.m. police got a call that a man in his 30s was just shot on Johnston Road.
A woman told WHDH the victim came into her home during her party and said he had been shot. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died, police said.
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In 2018 there were 56 reported homicides, according to police. That's one down from the previous year, according to police data.
Police did not say if there was a suspect, but they did encourage anyone with information to reach out to them at (617) 343-4470.
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