Police in Boston, Massachusetts have taken a suspect into custody after responding to a two-family home for reports of a person shot and a suspect barricaded inside.
Officers responded to the shooting Wednesday morning on Ledgemere Road in the city's Brighton neighborhood.
The male victim was taken to a hospital via ambulance, where he was later pronounced dead. He was in his 70s.
Neighbors say this is a typically quiet area and that the man who died, whose name has not yet been released, is a victim of senseless violence.
Neighbors say the victim was a gentle soul who will be sorely missed, someone who was good to everyone.
The shooting suspect barricaded himself and shot at Boston police officers, but there were no injuries.
A tense standoff ended after the police called in SWAT and hostage negotiators who were able to talk the suspect out of the building after an hour where he surrendered to officers.
The suspect had a gun license
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An early morning shooting left four people dead, including a toddler, and a fifth victim hospitalized in critical condition, Boston, Massachusetts, police said Tuesday.
Police responded to 911 calls about a shooting in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood and found three adults dead at the scene.
Dan Conley, the district attorney, told reporters that this was not a random shooting. The individuals were found lying in the street -- one of them naked.
"Cowards kill. Cowards use guns to settle their scores. Cowards hide," a visibly upset Mayor Thomas Menino said at a news conference Tuesday.
Earlier this month, a Domino's Pizza delivery man was murdered delivering pizza to a vacant home where three men stabbed him multiple times. "To those who have no respect for life and would commit these brutal acts, our streets are not your playgrounds. Our kids cannot be your collateral damage," Menino said. "We will not allow you to poison our city."
Since January of this year, there have been 52 homicides, compared with the 40 homicides in the same period last year, according to Boston Police.
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Three males were seriously injured in a triple-shooting yesterday morning near the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. State and Lowell police were searching for the gunman.
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