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Humboldt Avenue market held up at gunpoint

By adamg - 1/15/17 - 12:24 am

Claudia's Market, 160 Humboldt Ave. in Roxbury, was held up shortly after midnight by two men, both black, both in their mid-40s or early 50s. One wore a black jacket with a polo symbol on the left.

More gunfire in Roxbury

By adamg - 7/30/16 - 10:43 pm

Shots fired around 10:30 p.m. at Humboldt Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Police: Carjackers drag sleeping man out of his SUV; he borrows a scooter to look for them

By adamg - 7/24/16 - 10:37 pm

Boston Police report a man on a scooter officers started following early this morning because he was riding around Roxbury without a helmet turned out to be a carjacking victim looking for the guys who stole his SUV. Read more.

Roxbury shooting sends three to the hospital; one victim is 14

By adamg - 7/5/16 - 9:11 am

WBZ reports a man ran into an apartment-building courtyard at Humboldt Avenue and MLK Boulevard around 12:30 a.m. and opened fire, hitting three people. The Globe reports one victim is 14.

Person shot in the leg at Humboldt and Seaver in Roxbury

By adamg - 5/14/16 - 11:39 pm

Shortly before 11 p.m., Scan Boston reports.

Two shot, one dead in Roxbury

By adamg - 3/21/16 - 7:59 am

Around 3 a.m., two men were shot, one fatally, on Humboldt Avenue near Munroe Street, Stanley Staco and Kevin Wiles, Jr. report. One victim was found in a car, another in a nearby apartment.

Boston Police report recovering several guns from the scene.

Photos from the scene.

Woman, infant hit by car in Roxbury; baby taken away in bad shape

By adamg - 2/18/16 - 9:11 pm

UPDATE: WHDH reports the baby died.

Around 8:40 p.m. on Humboldt Avenue at Humboldt Court.

The baby was in such bad shape the homicide unit was called in, standard for collisions where somebody might die. The mother also suffered injuries.

The driver stayed at the scene.

Gunfire at Humboldt Avenue and Hutchings Street in Roxbury

By adamg - 10/6/15 - 4:53 pm

Around 4:35 p.m. Several fresh gunshot holes were found in a car parked there.

Alleged drug dealer charged with hitting three cops with her car in escape attempt

By adamg - 8/19/15 - 3:31 pm

A Dorchester woman is behind bars this week after she allegedly knocked over three cops with her car after selling a guy some drugs in Roxbury, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Two shot in Roxbury

By adamg - 7/29/15 - 9:39 pm

Around 9:15 p.m. at Townsend Street and Humboldt Avenue. Police found one victim there; the second victim showed up about 1 1/2 miles away in Dorchester.

Gun battle erupts near Roxbury playground filled with kids; one arrest made

By adamg - 4/13/15 - 7:11 am

Update: Leary ordered held in jail for at least 90 days.

Boston Police report two guys with guns exchanged at least 14 rounds behind the Trotter School on Humboldt Avenue around 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Police: Hyde Park man shot cop point blank

By adamg - 3/28/15 - 10:38 am

Police Commissioner William Evans today identified the man fatally shot in a confrontation with officers at Humboldt Avenue and Ruthven Street last night as Angelo West, 41, of Hyde Park.

Police say West had a long and violent record. He was convicted of shooting at a Boston officer and a state trooper in the Theater District in 2001: His first shot missed and then his gun jammed.

Cop shot in face during Roxbury traffic stop; suspect shot dead

By adamg - 3/27/15 - 6:45 pm

Crime scene. Photo by Jed Hresko.

A Boston Police officer was shot around 6:40 p.m. at Humboldt Avenue and Ruthven Street. A second ambulance was summoned for a suspect, also shot, but he was declared dead at the scene.

Police Commissioner William Evans said the officer, John T. Moynihan, 34, was shot under the right eye, is in a medically induced coma at Boston Medical Center and is "fighting for his life right now." He asked people to pray for him.