20-year-old seriously injured in overnight shooting in Burlington
The shooting is not believed to be random, and police said there is no danger to the community.
A 20-year-old Burlington man was seriously injured in an overnight shooting, police there said Tuesday.
The shooting is not believed to be random, and police said there is no danger to the community.
Officers were called to a home on McCafferty Way after midnight and found the 20-year-old trying to care for wounds to his back, lower abdomen, and upper legs. He was taken to the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center with “injuries that are considered serious but not believed to be life-threatening,” police said in a release.
An ongoing investigation found that the man was shot in the parking lot of the American Legion Post on Winn Street after meeting with two other men at an unknown location.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Burlington Police Department at 781-272-1212 or through the anonymous tip line at 781-505-1111.
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