The youngest victim was just 16 months, the oldest 74 years. Boston has recorded 38 murders in 2019, down from 52 in 2018, although that is of little comfort to the families and friends of the victims. What follows is the annual roll call of murders in Boston. Click on a name to see more details, including any follow-up news. You can also see 2019 Boston murders on a map (where you can sort by their names and by neighborhood).
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Emmanuel MolinMan shot to death on Dorchester/Mattapan line. |
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Godfrey JenkinsMan shot to death on Crawford Street in Roxbury. |
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Edward MowringMan stabbed to death at Blue Hill Avenue and Winthrop Street in Roxbury. |
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Carl ReynoldsTwo men get into shootout in Egleston Square; one dead, the other hospitalized. |
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Gary BrownTwo shot in Dorchester, one dead. |
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Jeudy RomeroMan shot to death on Goodale Road in Mattapan; arrest made. |
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Juan MoralesMan shot on Northampton Street. |
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Alfred Rodriguez NunezMan stabbed outside East Boston bar at closing. |
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Jassy CorreiaFriends, police search for woman last seen outside Theater District club. |
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Kendric PriceMan shot to death on Greenwood Street in Dorchester. |
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Eleanor MaloneyThree shot in Mattapan, one dead. |
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Kevin Boyd and Michael DukesTwo men shot to death in Mattapan. |
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Kevin BrewingtonFour shot, one dead on Windermere Road in Dorchester. |
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Donell DavisMan found fatally shot on Milton Avenue in Dorchester. |
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Carl BrownMan shot to death on Millet Street in Dorchester. |
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Richard FrankMan stabbed to death on Tremlett Street in Dorchester. |
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Luckinson OrumaMan shot to death in the Back Bay. |
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Arnold WoodrumMan fatally shot on Devon Street in Dorchester. |
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Joshua HinesMan shot to death on Michigan Avenue in Dorchester. |
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Jose Martinez and Christian GreenTwo shot to death on Mozart Street in Jamaica Plain. |
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Corey ThompsonMan shot to death on Duke Street in Mattapan. |
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Adilson BarbosaMan shot to death in Uphams Corner. |
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Daniel VoMan shot to death on Rowe Street in Roslindale. |
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Christian NunesTwo shot on Columbia Road in Dorchester, one dead. |
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Alfredo CenteioTwo men shot in car on Percival Street in Dorchester, race to hospital, passenger dead on arrival. |
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Aquil MuhammadMan shot in the head in Mattapan. |
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Dora Sofia ChavesWoman stabbed to death on Clarence Street in Roxbury. |
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Jared BrownBloody 12 hours around Franklin Field and Harambee Park: Four separate shootings, one in a shootout in front of police, one dead. |
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Carlos RamosMan stabbed to death in East Boston. |
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Marcus Dunn-GordonMan found fatally shot in lobby of Morrissey Boulevard hotel. |
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Timothy WaltonMan stabbed to death on street near Boston Medical Center emergency room. |
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Daniel HollisEmerson student hits head on bricks, cement in Allston fight; family says he'll never regain consciousness. |
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Hamza WarsameThree shot, one dead, on Westminster Avenue in Roxbury |
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Pasqual CasianoOne dead in double shooting on American Legion Highway in Roslindale. |
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Aderito BarbosaMan shot to death in Roslindale, a couple blocks from where another man was murdered on Thursday. |
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Fouad Baghdad-ZouggaghMan shot to death in robbery attempt at closing time on Canal Street; two arrested. |
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Alison Pascal and Andrew PascalTwo children fall or are thrown off garage near Ruggles; woman also found on ground. |
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Comments
The City of Boston's population has now topped 700,000
By anon
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 10:56am
Boston had 38 homicides. By interesting comparison Baltimore, population estimated to have dropped to 600,000, had well over 300 homicides.
possible explanation
By Refugee
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 2:50pm
I understand many of the murder victims in Baltimore were found in vacant buildings. Boston has fewer vacant buildings.
The Wire
By anon
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 3:20pm
Sounds like someone has been watching too many re-runs of The Wire
Cool Lester Smooth
By relaxyapsycho
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 3:23pm
.
Thank you
By Stephanie1
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 11:49am
Thank you for helping us to remember and be accountable to those taken from us too soon.
Notice Anything?
By Carmella
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 12:25pm
There's something about this photo that the democrats refuse to acknowledge. Generations of young blacks are wiping each other out in wholesale acts of violence. If there was some evil Nazi or supremacist going around killing these people, there would be justified calls for joint task forces, helicopter patrols, and the National Guard to walk the streets. But because its not that type of crime, certain people are content to bury their collective heads in the sand and act like this isn't a thing. Why don't the loudmouth politicians react with the same vigor regarding these murders? Its happening in Baltimore, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Washington DC. Nobody seems to care. Another note of interest is that the same people burying their heads are the same people running the government in these cities.
Not for nothing...
By Anon
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 12:27pm
The population of the city likely rose in 2019 and this statistic is down 25% from last year. Not sure what to credit the decrease to but that's a positive.
It's more complicated than you make it out to be
By Gary C
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 4:29pm
I'd say it's unfair to call this a Democrat thing. Urban violence is a problem in cities run by both parties.
Saying it's a huge problem is absolutely correct. The solution is far more elusive. Poverty, drugs, guns, gangs and lack of opportunity all blend together to cause these deaths. None of those issues is simply solved.
You'll never solve it completely
By Stevil
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 2:06pm
But the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. The two biggest areas where we can impact this are probably education and immigration. So what do we do? Effectively the same thing year after year.
And as Carmella notes - the elected officials in control get re-elected over and over for not rocking the boat. Not at all a fan of Trump, but if we can find someone that can rock the boat without making everyone seasick with a lack of humanity and compassion - but accomplish some of the same things he is trying to accomplish regarding illegal immigration and targeting wealthier, better educated immigrants - we'd be taking steps in the right direction.
As for education - we have only ourselves to blame. We demand zero accountability, so we get substandard results in perpetuity which can have disastrous results like this in poor communities.
Agreed. In addition to
By Carmella
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 2:27pm
Agreed. In addition to education and immigration, do forget parenting. One doesn’t need to be educated or wealthy to be a good parent. In fact, when I was growing up, some of the worst kids were those who’s parents were wealthy and educated— the doctors, lawyers, and those with the fancy houses. The best kids, in most cases, were raised by the parents where the father was working two jobs and the mother worked at least one. My father often had three jobs going, always at least two. He didn’t sit and check out homework every night, but if a note came home from school that there was missing homework or lack of effort, look out!
The violence has little to do with immigration
By Gary C
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 2:27pm
Sure there are "foreign" gangs that cause trouble, but most of those killed this year are not illegal immigrants. Importing more data scientists from India isn't going to do anything to reduce the number of people being killed.
Methinks
By Stevil
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 2:35pm
You are living in a bubble.
calling it an "immigration problem" is misleading
By anon
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 3:55pm
and you know that.
if you're referring to MS13, which it seems like you are, then it's a "gang problem", which has roots and solutions that have alot less to do with immigration and alot more to do with broader and deeper issues related to structural inequality, racism, education, etc..
Remember that MS13 and 18th street came from Los Angeles.
But calling it an "immigration problem" helpfully makes all immigrants seem like innate criminals, which is the point.
Immigration is not positively correlated with crime.
Mostly the latter
By Stevil
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 11:06pm
It's not "immigration" itself that is the problem. It's poor immigrants with little education, often lacking English skills and frequently legal status. And often it's not the actual immigrants, it's their kids. As you and others note, they get trapped in a long cycle of poverty that leads to a host of other problems.
Crack down on illegal immigration, get rid of chain migration (yes, Mr. President, that means your family too), and move to a points system that focuses on bringing in higher level skill sets for today's modern workforce - not unlike many other countries. Not saying we can't do our part for asylum seekers and other humanitarian needs, but the lion's share of immigration should be younger, college educated, English speaking and self-supporting from the time they land on our shores. (and that doesn't mean they need to be white as the knee jerk response will be - lots of good people fitting that description in Africa, the Caribbean, South America and Asia).
Perfect
By Parkwayne
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 4:43pm
You nailed it. Build a wall and make Roxbury pay for it, right?
Nope
By Stevil
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 4:58pm
West Roxbury.
Bout time they paid for something.
what's that saying?
By berkleealum
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 4:54pm
something about pots and kettles *shrug*
Best ya got
By Stevil
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 5:21pm
On such a serious issue. Sad
best you got?
By anon
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 7:38pm
false concern trolling deliberately misdirecting the conversation?
and on such a serious topic, too..
#sad
If only
By Stevil
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 11:07pm
You knew my personal connection to that list, you'd be a lot less cavalier in your snark.
being an immigrant
By berkleealum
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 10:33am
...or knowing someone that was killed by an immigrant doesn’t automatically make you smart or more authoritative on immigration. it just means you’re an immigrant or you know someone that was killed by one. which is fine or tremendously sad depending on which you’re implying. but the truth is that people vote for policies against their self-interest all the time.
that might be true
By Stevil
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 10:52am
But it's not remotely the point being made above that I was responding to which was related to concern about the broader issue of violence in the city.
nope!
By anon
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 10:33am
Your mysterious unspecified "personal connection" is not a free ticket to be publicly anti-immigrant (and, somehow, unironically anti-poor!!) without consequences.
So, my snark will continue unabated.
good god
By anon
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 7:47pm
do you not sometimes fucking hear yourself?
that's not at all what this country promises, and it's literally on the Statue of Liberty.
Welcome to the 21st century
By Stevil
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 9:32am
A) it's a poem
B) we don't need masses of labor, we need keen minds
C) we can take in some huddled masses, but not the literally billions that want to come in..
Nice ideal. Totally impractical.
billions? lol
By berkleealum
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 10:37am
remember that thing about pots and kettles? what i meant was that perhaps you should examine your own bubble.
the entire population of the united states isn’t even a third of a billion. you literally think effectively the rest of the world’s population wants to live here lol.
There are about 8 billion people in the world
By Stevil
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 11:18am
And given the chance, I'm sure at least a couple billion at least would jump at the opportunity to live here. You don't get out much do you? After you've seen armies living in cardboard along the highway and teeming masses living in a feces filled swamp, you'd get it. And that's just in one country.
Ok, Stephen Miller
By Pete X
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 12:35pm
It's a poem on THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. It was put there for a reason.
Lots of things were done and said for reasons
By Stevil
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 1:18pm
That aren't valid 150 years later.
Times change. You have to evolve to survive.
OK, Stephen Miller
By Pete X
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 3:21pm
Your morals shouldn't evolve. I suspect yours haven't either.
Economics
By Stevil
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 3:49pm
is not morals.
There is nowhere in the constitution that says we are set up to let in the world's poor hungry etc. IT'S A POEM that somebody wrote about something that was happening 150 years ago. It's no longer practical or relevant for the most part (sure we can play our role with refugees etc.)
In the meantime, have you done your part - adopted children from a third world country?
Ok, Stephen Miller
By Pete X
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 12:41pm
I notice you didn't retract your racist assumptions about the link between immigrants and homicides. When will you post your apology? Smart people evolve their opinions based on facts.
With your current blather about it not being practical or relevant to take in immigrants, notice what happens to businesses after ICE comes in and cracks down on their undocumented employees? They can't find anyone to do the work. It's obvious that it's still "practical" for us to take in more people. As for relevant, it's always relevant to be a humane country, especially considering most of the people trying to come here are from countries we have helped to destroy through the war on drugs and right-wing coups, etc, etc...We have an obligation to clean up our own messes, and even if we didn't the alternative is making the United States a giant xenophobic fortress in a deteriorating hemisphere and how long do you think that will be practical?
Your unsourced "economics" blather is just an excuse for racism.
When all else fails
By Stevil
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 12:45pm
Call somebody a racist. The first and last sign of a losing argument.
Ok, Stephen Miller
By Pete X
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 4:23pm
No rational response to facts. I didn't just call you a racist, I explained clearly why what you are saying is racist.
Racists never liked being called out for their racism, though.
I told you
By Stevil
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 6:53pm
But you lack the critical thinking skills to digest the fact that I said it's about economics, not racism. But then you say economics=racism. If I said the sky is blue, you'd call me a racist. so why bother.
keep moving the line
By cinnamngrl
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 7:56pm
This article is about murder victims. You stated that controlling immigration will reduce crime. It is easy to show that their is no factual relationship between immigration and murder rates.
how you are using the word economics is not clear. Is this a tangent about the idea that the economy suffers with immigration? Or do you agree that poverty is related to crime?
I agree 100%
By Stevil
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 8:06pm
That was the point - if we bring in poor immigrants with limited skills and job training, and no viable program to get them skills and training, the poverty begets more problems, often multi-generational problems. It's not "immigrants are bad and kill people", it's crime tends to be more prevalent in poor communities (no matter your race) and if you bring in more poor people without a way out of poverty, it's not a good formula.
No tangent. If you want economic growth, which most do, our country desperately needs immigrants. They don't hurt the economy, they help it. But in today's economy, we don't need just arms and legs. We (mostly) need brains.
You are actually arguing against these points?
Well again, immigration doesn
By cinnamngrl
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 8:16pm
Well again, immigration doesn't increase crime. full stop.
I never said it did
By Stevil
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 8:21pm
full stop.
12/30 at 2:06pm
By cinnamngrl
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 8:49pm
You said immigration was an area we could "impact". How is this related to murders in boston?
Bring in wealthier, better educated immigrants
By Stevil
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 8:53pm
Boom - less poverty, improved economy, less crime.
There are better solutions if indeed you do need basic labor (for example, Singapore has a bonding system for immigrants that works very well).
nope
By cinnamngrl
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 9:55pm
The income of the immigrants is not a relevant factor, because immigration does not increase crime.
Ok, Stephen Miller
By Pete X
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 10:05pm
The transparent mental gymnastics you try to do to justify banning brown people from coming to this country!
You're not fooling anyone. On a post recognizing murder victims of 2019, you leapt directly to blaming immigration. Have a nice year, racist!
Your words, not mine
By Stevil
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 10:41pm
I never said ban anyone - I just said raise the bar. Or are you implying that there are no wealthy, English speaking, educated people of color that can be an immigrant pool that can fill the needs of our modern society? And you are calling ME a racist?
The choices are limited as to what to call you.
By cinnamngrl
Thu, 01/02/2020 - 9:45am
Despite the facts, you have insisted that immigration is related to murder. Without proof, you presume that immigrants are poor and uneducated. By "raising the bar", and selecting wealthy educated immigrants, crime will be reduced.
But you keep ignoring that years of research show that crime rates are not related to immigration. That includes poor immigrants. In fact, poor immigrants may be less likely to break the law than poor citizens. It also ignores the fact that Boston has a great deal of overseas investment in real estate that has increased rents and pushed low income people into homelessness.
Your relentless insistence in linking immigration to crime may not be racist, but the only other choice is stupid.
No correlation between immigration of any kind and crime
By Pete X
Tue, 12/31/2019 - 12:34pm
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/03/30/the-...
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/05/13/is-t...
You should retract your statement...unless you want to continue to unjustly demonize immigrants...than go right ahead, boomer.
Still Interesting
By Carmella
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 2:21pm
To put blame solely on democrats without some hard data might not be fair, I agree. However, one has to see that it’s an interesting coincidence. And we cannot deny that if forces from outside the communities where these murders are happening were to blame, we would have politicians clamoring that immediate action must be taken. The way it stands now is like they want to keep it a secret.
We know what isn't secret
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 3:17pm
Your flaming simplistic racism.
people do care, and people do
By anon
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 1:38pm
people do care, and people do recognize the issue of urban violence. but the issue is far larger than what a municipal government is able to fix overnight.
but while you're so quick to blame democrats, i'll remind you that our republican president, republican US senate have sought to cut social programs which help to alleviate some of the problems of endemic poverty and institutional racism, all the while cutting taxes on the wealthy, reducing the available money for the programs they can't cut out entirely.
you look to the most crime ridden areas in this country, and you'll notice that they are all poor. doesn't matter if they are poor white, poor black, poor asian, or poor hispanic. poverty breeds crime, regardless of the people living in those areas. its almost as though stifling economic conditions force people into desperate measures to survive!
More than poverty
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 3:21pm
I was raised in poverty in areas blighted by crime and drugs, but most of the people I was raised with seemed to be able to pull up and out of that.
That happened for two reasons: 1. we had social supports like Pell grants and military benefits that actually covered the cost of college; and 2. we weren't members of a permanent underclass subject to permanent order of discrimination in housing, education, incarceration, and lifelong potential.
In other words, the systematic and pervasive weight of racism adds to poverty and creates a permanent underclass. Then that underclass is repeatedly blamed for "failings" and punished anew. It only takes a minimal awareness of US history to see what happens with that.
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