Crime & Safety

Fatal Shootings In Somerville, Cambridge Overnight

A 20-year-old Somerville man and 28-year-old Dorchester man were killed in separate shootings early Saturday morning.

SOMERVILLE, MA – A Somerville man and Dorchester man were killed in separate shootings in Somerville and Cambridge early Saturday morning, the Middlesex District Attorney's office said. Kevin Raymond, 20, of Somerville, was shot in a parking lot on Canal Lane in Somerville around 3:37 a.m., authorities said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Ednilson Decosta, 28, of Dorchester, was shot in a car on Windsor Street at Evereteze Way in Cambridge, according to the DA's office. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

No arrests have been made in either shooting. Investigators do not know if the two incidents are connected.

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The shootings are under investigation.

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