Two-alarm fire on Leston Street in Mattapan displaces ten

Firefighter on porch at Leston Street fire
By adamg - 2/7/23 - 9:36 pm

Boston firefighters responded to 20 Leston St. in Mattapan around 8 p.m. for what turned into a two-alarm fire. Read more.

Person shot in the head on Morton Street in Mattapan

By adamg - 1/6/21 - 12:39 am

Update: Victim died. Identified as Lance Norwood, 22, of Hyde Park.

Stanley Stacos reports a person was shot on Morton Street at Leston Street, around 12:30 a.m. The homicide unit was called in. Read more.

Two arrested after Mattapan gunfire

By adamg - 5/3/18 - 3:56 pm

Boston Police report officers investigating a report of gunfire on Leston Street, off Woolson, shortly after 9 p.m. yesterday found two guys in a red car matching the one described by a witness nearby on Blue Hill Avenue: Read more.