When Goths attack

from Boston Crime Universal Hub by adamg
Boston Police, District C-6, report that around 1:15 this morning, a victim was kicked to the ground at 573 Dorchester St. in South Boston by "two white males dressed in Gothic attire." All three had been at the Junction before the attack, police say

Xzeniyeju Chukwuezi, 18, of Roxbury, was arrested today on charges he gunned down Soheil Turner on May 7, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley said.

Turner, 15, was found with two gunshot wounds at 305 Dudley St. around 7:22 a.m. and was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.
"There is no good explanation or excuse for Soheil Turner's death, but we hope that today's arrest - while only the beginning of a process to hold his killer accountable - brings at least some small measure of comfort to Soheil's family and friends," Conley said.
The Herald reports Chukwuezi is a member of the Dudley Street Posse gang and was arrested at McKinley Preparatory High School. In 2002, he played a soldier in a Strand Theatre performance of "Urban Nutcracker."

Harvard dorm shooting victim dies

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The man shot Monday in a Harvard dorm died today, and is identified as Justin Cosby, 21, of Cambridge, the Globe reports in a News Update. They include a video of the victim's mother.
The Crimson's article has more information from police and security/safety perspectives, including witness reports.
WickedLocal Cambridge's current article on the case has the odd headline and lede that the victim had dropped out of college last month.

Brawl outside Suffolk Superior Court leaves one stabbed

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The Globe reports on a slugfest outside Suffolk Superior Court yesterday involving rival groups attending a murder trial.
Kevin Boyette, 20, is charged with plunging a knife into the back of an opponent.

Stabbed but doesn't want to help the cops find his attacker

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Area C-6 reports a man who showed up at Boston Medical Center with stab wounds to the chest and arms on May 12 said he was stabbed at Columbia Road and Dorchester Avenue around 7:20 p.m., but "did not cooperate with investigation."

Masked men flee MIT dorm, crash car, run away

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MIT Police report on an incident Monday night involving six banditos in bandanas buzzed into a dormitory by a student expecting visitors:
An MIT officer followed the fleeing white Mitsubishi as it drove along Memorial Drive and several other streets before hitting a parked car, at which time all suspects exited the vehicle and fled the scene. Massachusetts State Police and Boston Police assisted in searching the area to no avail.
One of the suspects failed to pull up his bandana, was described as Asian, heavyset, with short cropped hair.

Man found dead in Mattapan

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Boston Police report finding a man's body lying outside 23 Wilcock St. this morning with what appears to be a gunshot wound.

Stabbing in East Boston

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Boston Police tweet somebody was stabbed at Brooks and Trenton streets before 10:30 p.m

James Parker, 48, had bail set at $100,000, but even if he could raise the money, he isn't going anywhere because a Chelsea District Court judge revoked his bail on an unrelated charge.
Prosecutors say Parker entered the club around noon wearing a mask and holding what appeared to be an automatic weapon. He ordered the bartender to give him all the money in the joint - and the keys to the club's poker machines. According to a statement:

At about this time, a 71-year-old male entered the bar and, realizing that there was a robbery in progress, asked everyone to remain calm and told the bartender to get Parker a drink. The defendant allegedly demanded a Skyy Vodka, but when the bartender told him that she did not have that brand of vodka, he took a bottle of Absolut Vodka and a bottle of Dewars Scotch. Parker is also said to have ordered the bartender to get the 71-year-old the drink of his choice.
But Parker's mood allegedly soured when police arrived - after the bartender managed to secretly call them on a cell phone. He is charged with putting his Samaritan in a headlock and walking outside with the gun pointed at his head. One officer managed to grab the gun - at which point police realized it was not real, the DA's office says.

Parker was then charged with four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault on a person over age 60, one count of kidnapping, one count of armed and masked robbery and one count of resisting arrest.

Senior citizen stabbed to death in Dorchester

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Boston Police report a man, 74, was found with a stab wound inside an apartment at 538 Talbot Ave. shortly after 7 p.m.
He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died.

1. Teen on the way to school gunned down in Roxbury this morning
   
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   Boston Police report the boy, 15, was shot twice while on the way to schoo at 305 Dudley Street around 7:20 this morning.
   Police say they are looking for a black male, about 19, between 5'9" and 6'1" with a thin build, wearing a black jacket with a black or dark-green hoodie and black sunglasses. He was last seen carrying a colored umbrella.
   Anybody with information can call the Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470 or the anonymous tip line at 1-800-494-TIPS. You can also text TIP to CRIME (27463).
   WBZ radio reports one of the bullets hit the teen in the head and that he appeared to be targeted by the gunman

May 7, 2009
Roxbury stabbing victim dies

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Boston Police report that one of two men stabbed early on May 3 at 349 Dudley St. has died.
Police say both victims, one 19, the other 20, managed to get themselves to Boston Medical Center. The younger victim suffered a non-fatal wound to the hip; the older man, however, did not survive.
Police say he is the city's 18th murder victim this year. The incident took place a couple blocks away from where a teen was gunned down this morning; although he is still alive, police expect him to die.

Police: Kicking, punching home invaders arrested in the South End

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Boston Police report a man heard somebody knocking on his 406 Harrison Ave. apartment window around 12:45 a.m. on Sunday. When he went to the front door to see who:
[F]our Asian males forced their way in and began kicking and punching him in the common area of the building. While doing so, they stated, "Give me your money". One of the suspects was pulling at the victim's pants pocket and took approximately Twenty-five-Dollars ($25) from him.
Police say officers arrived and found the four still in the building. Arrested and charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (shod foot), unarmed robbery and threats to extort: Khoi Nguyen, 27, of Randolph, Ou Lan, 24, of Boston, Tung Nguyen, 25, of Lowell and Khoa Vo, 25, of Boston.

May 4, 2009
DA: Brazilian fists of fury leave one man in coma

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Santos
A trio of martial-arts pros from Brazil face charges they beat one man into a coma and broke another man's jaw during a fight outside a Chelsea restaurant early this morning.
Bruno DaCosta, 23, of Everett, Iury Debs, 25, of Lynn, and Diego Santos, 23, of Everett, were all ordered to surrender their passports at their arraignment today in Chelsea District Court, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says. Bail was set at $2,500 each.
All three are instructors at the Brazilian Martial Arts Center in Somerville, which promises "ultimate training for ultimate fighters."
Prosecutors charge the three put their training to bad use at a fight outside the McDonald's on Revere Beach Parkway, which they say followed a verbal altercation shortly before at Club Lido in Revere.
Witnesses told investigators that Santos struck one of the victims, a 22-year-old Revere man, in the face with no provocation, knocking him to the ground. When another man, also a Revere resident, approached the assailants, Debs allegedly punched him in the back of the head and knocked him to the ground. All three assailants kicked and slapped the two victims as they lay on the ground.
Friends of the first victim rushed him to Whidden Memorial Hospital, where doctors ordered him transported to Massachusetts General Hospital for surgery. He was operated upon and placed in an intensive care unit with severe head trauma and possible brain damage.

Teen shot to death in Dorchester

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Boston Police report finding a 17-year-old male lying on the sidewalk at 70 Tonawanda St. around 7:19 p.m. today.
He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead of a gunshot wound. Police say witnesses heard numerous gunshots before seeing two possible suspects run in the direction of Waldeck Street.
At the scene, officers and detectives spoke to several witnesses who reported that they observed an unidentified black male running on foot down Northampton St shortly after the shooting. The suspect then ran into a newer dark colored Toyota Camry occupied by another male in the driver’s seat which then fled the scene. Witnesses also provided detectives and officers with a registration for the car that the suspect ran to after the shooting.
Police say they tracked the car to its owner, who told them her boyfriend had had the car at the time of the shooting. Jose O. Ortiz, 18, of Lawrence was arrested and charged with being an accessory after the fact for assault with intent to kill. The alleged shooter is still at large.
Innocent, etc.

Woman mugged at gunpoint on her front steps in Charlestown

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A correspondent passes along this report from a friend of his who lives near the Monument in Charlestown:
Yesterday I was robbed at gunpoint at 10:20 am on my front steps in Charlestown. I am okay (just badly shaken up) and fortunate that the predator did not force his way into my home since I had my keys in my door lock.
Please keep your guard up at all times of the day and in all neighborhoods. No neighborhood or time of day is immune from increased crime. One of my neighbors informed me that she was pick-pocketed by a pro a few days ago on Federal Street. She lost her wallet and blackberry. Within 20 minutes, there were significant charges on her credit cards.

Man charged with two rapes in Radisson garage

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A man charged with raping two women in the garage of the Radisson Hotel on Stuart Street was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail following his arraignment today, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.
Jose Rivera is charged with raping one woman on April 19 and another early this morning, the DA's office says, adding the April 19 victim was a worker at the hotel going to her job. Rivera's probation on an unrelated assault conviction in West Roxbury District Court was also revoked.

Victim in Southie stabbing is stoic, silent

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Area C-6 reports a man was stabbed multiple times early on the morning of April 25 at 524 Dorchester Ave. However police say the man, who has an extensive record himself, is "not cooperating with the investigation."

Brighton bank robbed

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Boston Police tweet that the Sovereign Bank at 30 Leo F. Birmingham Parkway was just robbed by somebody who passed a note but did not show a weapon.

The face of a North End predator?

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Boston Police have released this sketch of the man wanted for attacking a woman Friday night on Prince Street.
Look familiar? Call detectives at (617) 343-4400, anonymously at 1-800-494-TIPS, or text 'TIP' to CRIME (27463).
Compare with this sketch of a suspect in a July 4, 2008 attack:

Five stabbings in Boston this morning

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Five people stabbed in three locations early this morning, with one location having three men stabbed, the Globe reports.
All five stabbing victims were men, ages 25 to 40, no further information provided. In the incident in Dorchester, the victim reportedly refused to describe his attacker(s).

Teen shot to death in the middle of the day

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Boston Police report finding an 18-year-old male with a gunshot wound around 11:40 this morning at 71 Homestead St. in Dorchester. EMTs at the scene were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead where he lay.
We await the front-page coverage and news bulletins on local TV stations as police pursue his killer.
Oh, who are we kidding? Some poor kid is dead in the ghetto, and this is the last we'll hear about him.
The victims were then forced to remove their backpacks and empty the contents on the ground. The suspects then picked up the victim's belongings and fled towards Warren Street.
Police report one of the alleged assailants didn't go very far: When officers found a group of four men standing at Warren and Quincy streets, they noticed one of them was wearing the same sort of backpack the two victims had reported stolen. They pat frisked him and found cell phones that the victims identified as theirs.
James Exantus, 18, was then arrested on charges of armed robbery, receiving stolen property and larceny from a person.

Feb 6, 2009
Man held up in rush-hour robbery at Kenmore T stop

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Boston University Police report a man was held up, possibly at gunpoint, by two thugs around 5:40 p.m. on Thursday inside the Green Line station:
The victim stated that he felt what he thought was a gun at his neck, but did not see the weapon.
Both suspects were described as black males. One was further described as being about 5'9", in his 20s, wearing a blue hat, a big black jacket and a plaid shirt

DA: Girl, 8, thwarts man who tried to kidnap her

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A Chelsea man is behind bars today, charged with trying to kidnap the girl as she got on the bus at St. Rose Elementary School on Feb. 2.

Leonel Zelaya, also known as Gerado Zelaya, 43, of Charlestown, allegedly tried to pull the girl away as she was boarding a bus for home around 2:45 p.m, claiming he was her brother, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Instead, the girl began screaming: "No, no! No, I don’t know him!" Zelaya fled and a teacher called police, who found him at Broadway and Cary Street, the DA's office says.

Zelaya pleaded innocent at his arraignment in Chelsea District Court on charges of attempted kidnapping and assault and battery. Bail was set at $10,000, but even if he could raise that, he'd remain in jail because the judge revoked his bail on an earlier, unrelated charge, the DA's office says. DA Dan Conley said in a statement:

This little girl did exactly the right thing. She resisted, she spoke up, and she stayed with the adult she knew. For all our concern about internet predators in this modern age, what we used to call 'stranger danger' is still a very real concern for anyone who has children.

Feb 4, 2009
Alleged bus perv captured thanks to alert driver

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Ed. note: It was a bus, not the Green Line as I erroneously stated initially.
reports a driver on the 43 bus helped protect a woman from an alleged perv who rubbed against her on the bus and then followed her when she got off at Tremont Street.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office says Rayfield McCants pleaded innocent this morning in Boston Muncipal Court. Bail was set at $5,000.

Feb 4, 2009
Student beaten to bloody pulp, cop shoved in Irving Middle School incidents

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Wicked Local Roslindale reports that after school on Jan. 29, police responded to Sheldon Street in Roslindale to find 50 students crowded together. They eventually found one kid in a blood-soaked shirt:
Officers noticed several abrasions to the boy's face, arms, torso and shoulders, and several imprints on his body looked like imprints of sneaker heels.
Two alleged pint-size punks were arrested on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. An ambulance was summoned to bring the victim to Children's Hospital for observation.

Jan 31, 2009
Man with knife stabs one, fails in effort to commit suicide by cop

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Boston Police report a Dorchester man went on a rampage with a knife Friday night after he called a friend out getting some food and the friend hung up on him.
Police say that when officers arrived at 1544 Dorchester Ave. around 11:50 p.m., they were met by a woman screaming hysterically and yelling: "Hurry and get upstairs before he kills them!"
Officers immediately opened the front door and observed two men near the second floor landing wrestling with each other, with one armed with a knife apparently stabbing the other male.
The officers ordered the stabber to drop his knife, but he began yelling "Kill me! Just kill me!" Instead, the officers rushed him to try to get him and his knife away from the victim - but the guy leaped up, ran up to the third floor and barricaded himself inside a room - woth a woman and her three kids.
At that time, officers learned that there were three children inside the house with the suspect as he yelled to officers, "Stay out or I'll kill the kids!" Officers continued to speak to the suspect and after a while were able to convince the suspect to release two of the children in the apartment. After the two children were released, the suspect continued to threaten to harm the third child if officers attempted to go in the apartment. Officers continued to talk to the suspect and after some time, he agreed that he would let the third child go if he was allowed to speak to his mother. The suspect’s mother responded to his location and after a lengthy discussion convinced him to release the third child. Shortly thereafter, the suspect surrendered and was placed under arrest.
Lazelle L. Williams, 22, of Boston was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (knife), kidnapping, threats, assault by means of a dangerous weapon (knife), home invasion and assault with intent to murder.
Police say the nightmare began while Williams was visiting the house. When the man they found stabbed went out for some food, Williams called him and, when, they say, he got hung up on, he pulled a knife on the woman and vowed someone was going to die.

Jan 30, 2009
Man stabbed in the stomach in Hyde Park

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Boston Police report the man was stabbed in front of 994 Hyde Park Ave. around 5:50 p.m. on Thursday.
The victim's father was present and informed officers that they were walking down the street when a Hispanic Male started fighting with his son. The father stated the suspect approached them, pulled out a knife, and punched his son in the face before stabbing him in the mid-section. The suspect also attempted to stab the victim's father when he tried to defend his son.
Carlos Gomez, 19, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon

Man slashed with machete in East Boston

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Boston Police report on a fight at Eutaw and Meridian streets around 3 p.m. on Jan. 23:
The victim stated that while walking he was bumped in the shoulder area by one of three Hispanic males and that an argument ensued between the victim and the three unknown Hispanic males. The victim stated that the argument became physical and that suspect # 1 a white Hispanic male wearing a black North Face jacket with fur on the hood, used a machete to cut him on the back of his right hand causing a very serious laceration.

Jan 29, 2009
Robbed of iPod at knifepoint in East Boston

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Boston Police report a man was mugged at knifepoint shortly after 9 p.m. on Jan. 25 at Brooks and Princeton streets by two Hispanic men who then ran toward Bennington Street.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/homepage/x869015282/Man-shot-at-Cambridge-pool-supply-company

Cops search for Cambridge warehouse shooting suspect
By Erin Smith and David L. Harris/Chronicle staff
Wed Jan 28, 2009, 12:19 PM EST

Cambridge - Police are searching for a Brookline man who allegedly shot and killed his co-worker at a pool supply company building in West Cambridge Wednesday morning.
Police are looking for Clyde Howard, 65, of Brookline, according to Cambridge Police spokesman Frank Pasquarello, who was last seen driving a white ford Econoline van with Mass. registration 89PE40. Pasquarello said the van has one front broken window with blue cardboard in the window.
The victim, an 35-year-old employee at the company, was shot in the warehouse at Baystate Pools at 26 Smith Place Wednesday morning at around 10, according to police spokesman Frank Pasquarello.
Pasquarello identified the victim as Maurice Ricketts, a Malden man who was also an employee at the pool supply company.
According to Pasquarello, Howard and Ricketts had engaged in a "verbal discussion," before Howard pulled a black firearm and fired several shots at the victim. Approximately an hour later, Ricketts was pronounced dead at Beth Israel.

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Jan 24, 2009
Girls claim two guys tried to abduct them in Roxbury

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Boston Police report they are looking for two guys for an incident around 9 p.m. on Thursday:
On arrival, the officers spoke with two victims, two girls ages 12 and 14. The victims stated that while walking on McGreevey Way they were approached by two suspects. One victim stated the suspect (operator of the motor vehicle) made threatening and sexual comments in an apparent attempt to lure the victims while banging the handle of a large knife on the outside of the driver's door. The victims, still walking on McGreevey Way, ran to a neighbor’s house for help. The victims then stated that the suspects drove down McGreevey Way towards Parker Street, taking a right onto Parker Street and from there directions unknown

Police described one suspect as a light-skinned Hispanic, about 20, wearing a white and red hat, a black jacket and carrying a knife with a black handle. The other was described as a dark-skinned black male, about 20, wearing a black hat and black jacket.

Jan 23, 2009
Four arrested for armed holdup at Charlestown High School

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Boston Police report that two men were slammed into a wall and robbed at Charlestown High around 11 a.m. on Thursday by a pack of punks with a gun:
The victims informed officers that they were assaulted and forced to the floor of the bathroom by four males who demanded money. They went on to state that one of the suspects lifted his shirt and displayed a firearm that was in his waistband. The victims were instructed to, "stay on the floor." The victims then began to yell causing the suspects to flee the bathroom.
Deshwan Dawson, 18, Adonzindo Dasilva, 17, and two 16 year-old juveniles were quickly gathered up by Boston Police, BHA police and school officials. All four were charged with intent to commit robbery while armed, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm on school property.

Two beaten in South End gay-bashing attack

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Kevin McRea reports on an incident around 2 a.m. today:
... Two black males, one of them looking like "the guy with the dreadlocks in the movie Predator" drove by in a late model black Ford Bronco like vehicle and made some gay bashing comments. One of Carlos' friends yelled back. The large males got out of the Bronco and beat up two of the 3 guys, breaking the nose of one of them getting blood all over everyone. He spent the night at BMC and now has to get facial reconstruction surgery. ...
He adds the license plate begins with WJ9.

Teen stabbed outside Loews theater

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Channel 7 reports the male, 16, was stabbed in the back around 6 p.m., Monday outside the Loews complex on Tremont Street. He is expected to survive

Two teens stabbed at Somerville hotel, one dead

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The Globe reports on the stabbings at the La Quinta Inn around 2 a.m.

Robbed, stabbed in Cambridge

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Cambridge Police report a man was stabbed during a mugging around 10:22 p.m., Tuesday at 354 Broadway:
The victim stated that there were two males dressed in all dark clothing outside his apartment who kept asking him questions that he did not understand. One of the suspects pulled out a knife, demanded his belongings and proceeded to cut the victim's leg.
The two suspects were then observed running up Inman Street towards Central Square.
The man was treated for what police said was a minor injury at a local hospital.

Screams scare off would-be muggers

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Boston University Police report a woman walking in front of 189 Bay State Rd. was jumped from behind around 8:45 p.m. last night by two guys trying to steal her cell phone:
[T]he male suspect came from behind her and put both arms around her and held her as he attempted to take her phone from her pocket. The victim put her arms down in order to protect her pockets and began to scream. The suspect then fled down Bay State Rd.
Police say they are looking for two men, both described as black males, one wearing a black hoodie and black pants, the other wearing a red winter jacket.

Winner of fatal fight pleads guilty to manslaughter

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Victor Rosario, who managed to beat a man to death despite being shot in the chest himself, today pleaded guilty to the April 23, 2007 death of Frank Dillon on Marion Street in East Boston, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office announced.
Rosario was sentenced to eight to ten at MCI Cedar Junction.
According to the DA's office:

Had the case proceeded to trial, Assistant District Attorney David Fredette would have introduced evidence and testimony to prove that Dillon, Rosario, and an unidentified third party became engaged in a violent, armed altercation at 44 Marion St. In the course of that altercation, Rosario sustained a gunshot wound to his chest.

Boston Police who responded to Marion Street found Dillon on the sidewalk and Rosario on top of a car, with both men suffering from serious injuries. A broken meat cleaver, a handgun, and several beer bottles were recovered from the area; a baseball bat stained with Dillon's blood was recovered from Rosario's apartment.

Dillon died several days later from his injuries.

Jan 11, 2009
He says he was trying to defend himself and his sawed-off shotgun went off accidentally

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Boston Police report arresting an alleged shotgun-toting 18-year-old in his 64 Mapleton St. apartment early Saturday morning:
Upon entering the location, officers learned that the shot fired emanated from the 3rd floor. Upon reaching the 3rd floor, officers made their way to a locked bedroom door. Officers proceeded to knock on the door until it was answered. When it was answered, the suspect told officers, “They were trying to kill me.” According to the suspect, he was attending a party on the 1st floor of the location when he bumped into an individual with whom he had had a prior altercation. In short time, the suspect says that he and the individual began arguing again. The suspect then stated that the individual and two of his friends chased him upstairs to his apartment. Once inside his apartment, the suspect says he ran into his bedroom, locked the door and grabbed the shotgun to defend himself. As he was grabbing the shotgun, the suspect says the gun discharged accidentally.
Anthony Inzoda, 18, of Brighton, was charged ith the unlawful possession of a sawed off shotgun, unlawful possession of ammunition, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm.

Jan 8, 2009
Two shot, one dead

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Boston Police report a man and a woman, both 36, were shot at 96 Stanwood St. in Dorchester around 9:21 p.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, the woman was transported to Boston Medical Center for treatment.
This is Boston's first murder of 2009.

Violent beginning to New Year at South End party

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Four alleged thugs from Boston and one from Brockton were arrested early today on charges they held up two men at gunpoint at a Reynolds Way party, then beat them up and threw them down some stairs, Boston Police report:

The [first] victim then went on to explain to officers that one of the suspects initially approached him in the party and stated to him, "You don't want to lose your life tonight!" According to the victim, after the suspect made that statement to him, he attempted to leave the party when he was confronted by five suspects in the hallway. In the hallway, the victim reported that one of the suspects brandished a handgun and pointed it a the victim and yelled, "You don't want to die! Give it up!" The victim reported to officers that the other suspects all motioned like they too were armed, and they started reaching into his pockets. The victim told officers that the suspects told him that they were taking his watch and phone if he wanted to leave alive. After the suspects took the victim's watch, he was beaten up and thrown down the stairs.

Jan 1, 2009
Year ends with teen murder on a bus

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A 16-year-old from Roxbury was stabbed