Around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, a crying man called 911 to report that when he came home, he found his girlfriend cheating on him, so he shot her dead and was now standing there wanting to die. Read more.
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The Massachusetts Appeals Court today dismissed William Earl's second-degree murder conviction, ruling his confession that he stabbed Samuel Constant to death in the Georgetown development in Hyde Park was coerced: Read more
Boston Police report gang-unit and SWAT officers armed with a search warrant showed up at 42 Georgetowne Dr. at 4:49 this morning as part of an ongoing investigation. Read more.
Three tenants at the Georgetowne Homes development in Hyde Park are suing a Braintree law firm that filed to evict them and 110 other families last March, despite a city moratorium on evictions. Read more.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury yesterday found William Earl, 25, guilty of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of Samuel Constant, 19, in the Georgetowne apartment complex on Jan. 9, 2014. Read more.
A Dorchester man who was in a Hyde Park apartment Tuesday night faces a variety of gun charges related to the death of a man police say broke into the apartment.
Troy Adams, 53, had bail set at $10,000 at his arraignment today on charges of charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of a firearm with altered serial numbers and possession of a large-capacity feeding device, police say.
Boston Police report one of the two men found shot at 226 Margaretta Dr. in the Georgetowne development Tuesday night died after being transported to Brigham and Women's Hospital. The other man remains hospitalized.
"At this point the incident appears to be domestic in nature and not a random act," police say.
This is the small street's second murder this year.
UPDATE: The more seriously injured victim died.
Shortly after 11 p.m. in an apartment at 226 Margaretta Dr., in a fight involving a woman, her boyfriend and her ex-boyfriend. The victim, one of the two men, was shot in the stomach by the other man. Because of the seriousness of his injuries, the homicide unit was summoned. The other man was also injured; unclear how or how seriously.
It's Boston's fourth shooting of the night.
Samuel Constant: Only 19 when stabbed to death. Source.
A Mattapan man was ordered held without bail today on charges he fatally stabbed a 19-year-old in the Georgetowne development last evening. Read more.
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