Crime & Safety
BREAKING: Police Respond to Shooting on Monument Street
The incident was reported at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night.
UPDATE 8:52 a.m. Wednesday, May 8
A man shot on Monument Street late Tuesday night has apparently died, according to reports from the Boston Globe and other sources.
Patch will confirm this information with police as soon as possible.
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ORIGINAL POST
Boston Police responded to the area of 85 Monument St. in Charlestown Tuesday night, at around 10:30 p.m., for the report of shots fired, a department spokesman said.
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No information was available yet about whether anyone was injured or whether a suspect or suspects were in custody.
At least one Twitter user was reporting from the police scanner that a man had been shot in the chest and stomach, but the BPD spokesman could not confirm that as of 10:45 p.m.
Charlestown Patch will have more on the incident as information becomes available.
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