Man Killed In Roxbury Shooting: Boston Police

BOSTON, MA — A man died after a shooting late Wednesday night in Roxbury, according to Boston police.

Police responded to near 20 Kensington St. off Washington Street at about 11:30 p.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alert. They found the victim at the scene, where he was pronounced dead.

Police did not immediately release the victim's identity, and did not immediately announce any arrests.

This is the second homicide in Boston this week. Near 8 p.m. Monday, police responded to one of the residential towers behind the Boston Medical Center campus along Northampton Street for a wellbeing check. Inside one unit, they found a dead person and another man, who tried to jump out a 12th floor window. Police were able to pull the man back inside.