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Police identify victim in fatal Dorchester shooting

Dorchester resident Levar Godfrey was shot to death last month. gofundme.com

The victim of a fatal Dorchester shooting last month was Levar Godfrey, Boston police announced Tuesday.

The 31-year-old Dorchester resident had been found the night of May 29 suffering from gunshot wounds, according to police, in an area between Devon and Stanwood streets near Columbia Road. Godfrey was taken to Boston Medical Center, where police said he later died.

The investigation remains active, police said Tuesday.

According to a gofundme.com page created for his memorial, Godrey was a U.S. Army veteran and the father of a 7-year-old daughter.

 

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