Boston Police reported 37 murders in 2023, down from 40 in 2022, although that's of little comfort to the family and friends of the people who died.
Here are the ones that we know about. Click on a victim's name or photo for any updates in their cases.
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See past years' murders.
 Marco Alfonso SosaTwo shot, one fatally, in Allston. |
 Diva AyusoWoman murdered on Fermoy Heights Avenue in Dorchester. |
 Terrelle BanksOne dead, one injured in shooting outside bar on Tremont Street in Roxbury. |
 Jackson BeausejourMan shot to death in Grove Hall. |
 Brianna BrownOne woman dead, teen injured, another teen charged with their stabbing in Jamaica Plain. |
 Jean CasseusMan stabbed to death on Rugby Road in Mattapan. |
 Princess CharlesTwo shot, one fatally, in hail of gunfire on Greenock Street in Dorchester. |
 Jymaal CoxMattapan Square house party ends with two shot, one dead. |
 Nelson Jose CuretMission Main double shooting leaves one dead. |
Angel Davila VegaTeen stabbed to death in Roslindale. |
 Jose DespeignesMan shot to death at Academy Homes in Roxbury. |
Effee, CurtisMan shot to death on Geneva Avenue. |
 Savion EllisBoy, 12, found shot to death in Mattapan; man charged with keeping a gun and ammo where the boy could access them. |
 Gavyn HenryTwo shot on Wildwood Street in Mattapan, one dead. |
 Kalil JacksonMan shot to death on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan. |
 James JonesMan fatally shot in the head on Corona Street in Dorchester. |
 Wilfredo Landaverde ArevaloMan stabbed to death on Gove Street in East Boston. |
 Tyler LawrenceTeen shot dead on Babson Street in Mattapan. |
David MacDonaldWest End man who left his apartment door unlocked murdered by New Yorker who snuck in, slashed his throat, ate some of his food, DA says. |
 Naythan MatosMan fatally shot on Centre Street in Dorchester. |
 Daniel MayersMan shot to death on Columbia Road in Dorchester. |
 Tywon MeekMan shot to death on Leyland Street in Dorchester. |
 Reneil Miller and Joshua MarshallMan found shot to death in car that crashed on Dedham Street in Hyde Park; likely second victim declared dead at nearby hospital. |
Name not releasedResident of facility for homeless vets in Dorchester stabbed to death; another resident charged. |
 Moises Ortiz-SantiagoMan shot to death on Quincy Street in Roxbury. |
 Paris QuilterTwo shot, one dead on Dewey Street in Dorchester. |
 Xavier RivasMan shot to death on Old Road in Dorchester; suspect arrested. |
 Mario SantosTwo shot, one dead, on Wilrose Street in Dorchester. |
 Jazreanna SheppardWoman stabbed to death on Tremont Street near Park Street. |
 Christopher ShiversMan shot to death in Egleston Square. |
Orlando WatkinsMan shot to death in a Mildred Hailey apartment. |
 Dante WebbMan shot to death on Forest Hills Street in Jamaica Plain. |
 Barry WhelanMan beaten in Downtown Crossing has died. |
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Comments
Thank you for your reporting.
By Ben
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 10:33am
Thank you for your reporting. In 1990, the year Charles Stuart jumped to his death there were 143 homicides in Boston (almost 4x 2023). Yet the cops interviewed for the Globe project insist that Boston is a "hellhole" today.
Wait
By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 11:10pm
Police officers lied? Surely you jest.
Amazingly low murder rate
By anon
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 11:08am
Is it partially because of much better emergency EMT ER techniques vs 25, 30+ years ago? Boston is similar in size to D.C. and their murder rate is going through the roof. Baltimore even worse
Washington
By adamg
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 5:49pm
Had 274 murders in 2023, its highest number since 1997, in contrast to Boston, which has been seeing a slow decline in recent years.
I'd suspect it's a combination of factors, including, yes, first-rate hospital trauma services, but I'd think Washington has some good ERs as well.
Totaling zero (combined) in
By anon
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 11:39am
Totaling zero (combined) in Southie, Charlestown, the Back Bay and Brighton. Perhaps we should be focusing on what those neighborhoods are doing right.
Is it something those neighborhood residents fully control
By hydeparkish
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 9:02pm
Interesting question - can lower income neighborhoods duplicate what higher income neighborhoods are doing to keep their residents safer?
Possibly if every kid in Boston had access to good education , every adult could get a job that supported them and their family as well as anyone with mental health issues could get the help that they deserve.....quickly
Maybe someday!
Also as all Boston neighborhoods continue to gentrify the murder rate will continue to drop.....and one white person died from murder, that number can't get much lower in a tale of two cities ?
Easy
By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 11:14pm
They have cute old buildings for which vapid people relentlessly outbid each other for ownership and/or habitation.
lol
By lbb
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 9:44am
Brighton has "cute old buildings"? How droll.
IDK
By Will LaTulippe
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 12:52pm
I admire the apartments of Comm Ave, to say nothing of Lake St. properties.
Thank you for memorializing the homicide victims each year
By mg
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 4:09pm
Thank you for memorializing the homicide victims each year, so they are more than just statistics.
The names and faces deserve
By MassMouse
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 5:34pm
The names and faces deserve to be seen. May they all rest well, and may their families find peace and comfort.
Are There Others?
By Mike Murphy
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 4:20pm
I see 34 victims listed. Are there three additional ones we didn't know about?
Good question
By adamg
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 5:23pm
I suspect (but don't know for a fact) the BPD numbers include motor-vehicle homicides, which are investigated by the homicide unit, in which case we have at least two hit-and-runs: A four-year-old run down on Wood Avenue in Hyde Park and a man run down near the Encore casino.
Not that
By SatansFist
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 9:23pm
MV homicides do not count in UCR data unless someone was intentionally using their car as a weapon. It is either that some were not publicly announced or were ruled later. In some cases you can have someone shot in a previous year die from their wounds in the current year in which case they are counted in the year they die. They do have an open incident data table but it appears to be behind so that will not help.
An answer for two of those cases
By adamg
Sun, 01/14/2024 - 12:22pm
From the Suffolk County District Attorney's office:
I remember being young
By Good Guy
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 5:42pm
I remember When I was young I believe that would die in the streets of Boston in the 1990’s when there were 80, 90 even over 100 murders for a time here. But as I got older I watch the murder rate decline and feel bad for these souls lost in less than 40 killings.
Brutal
By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 11:16pm
(Expletive) gun dipshits.