2 dead, 2 injured in Boston shootings
Police are investigating four separate shootings in Boston Friday night and early Saturday morning that left two men dead and two other people injured.Boston police said one victim sustained injuries that were not life-threatening in a shooting Friday near Standard Street in Mattapan around 9:15 p.m.Officers then responded to a shooting in Dorchester several hours later, around 1:39 a.m. Saturday. Officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound near 58 Westville Street, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
Another shooting in Dorchester was reported a little more than an hour later, around 2:51 a.m., near 39 Norton Street. Police said the victim was transported to the hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.
Officers responded to the fourth shooting around 3:33 a.m. in Jamaica Plain. Police said a man suffering from a gunshot wound was located near 454 Centre Street and transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470.
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