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By adamg - 12/14/22 - 4:49 pm

Boston Police report gang-unit officers conducting a gun investigation Tuesday afternoon, stopped one particular 14-year-old at Humboldt Avenue and Harrishof Street - and found him with a deadly weapon in his waistband. Read more.

By adamg - 7/28/22 - 9:21 pm
Wanted for Seaver Street shooting

Surveillance photos via BPD.

Boston Police have released photos of the suspect that shot a man several times in the abdomen in a parking lot at Seaver Street and Humboldt Avenue on July 17, sending him to the hospital in critical condition. Read more.

By adamg - 7/17/22 - 10:48 pm

A man was shot repeatedly on Seaver Street at Humboldt Avenue shortly before 10:45 p.m. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.

By adamg - 4/11/22 - 9:14 pm

Mario Bailote, who opened Mario's Pizzeria at 197 Humboldt Ave. in 2018, with a menu that included both pizza and Portuguese food, announced today it's closed - and that a new pizza place will soon open there: Read more.

By adamg - 7/5/21 - 9:33 am

Victim identified as Joshua Smith, 29, of Milton.

Boston Police report a man who was shot at Seaver Street and Humboldt Avenue was also run over, around 3 a.m.

The man was declared dead at the scene.

By adamg - 4/25/21 - 12:42 am

Gunfire at Laurel Street and Humboldt Avenue around 12:25 a.m. left a car damaged and a bullet in a residence on Bower Street.

By adamg - 2/24/20 - 12:08 am
Firefighters at Humboldt Avenue fire

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 168 Humboldt Ave. in Roxbury at 6:20 a.m. on Sunday for what became a two-alarm fire that burned through the roof and displaced seven people. Read more.

By adamg - 10/9/19 - 3:00 pm

Boston Police report officers looking for a guy wanted for a Sunday armed robbery on Humboldt Avenue and Waumbeck Street found him at the Trotter School playground across the street around 5:25 p.m. yesterday. Read more.

By adamg - 9/28/19 - 11:07 am
Seized gun

The gun in question.

Boston Police report arresting a 14-year-old from Dorchester on gun charges yesterday after, they say, officers found him at the Trotter School playground at Humboldt Avenue and Waumbeck Street with a gun loaded with four bullets. Read more.

By adamg - 8/5/19 - 8:10 pm

A man in a car was shot around 8 p.m. on Humboldt Avenue near Walnut Avenue. He made his way down Humboldt to Waumbeck Street, where police, responding to a ShotSpotter report, found him.

By adamg - 9/1/18 - 12:45 pm

Boston Police called out the SWAT team to arrest a man they say held somebody up at gunpoint in a Humboldt Avenue apartment building shortly before 7:20 p.m. on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 7/18/18 - 7:39 pm

Boston Police report arresting Ira Harrison, 26, for the murder of Christian Rivera at Humboldt Avenue and Homestead Street on July 7. Read more.

By adamg - 7/14/18 - 11:46 am
Three-car crash on Humboldt Avenue

KMV reports on a crash this morning outside 235 Humboldt Ave. (at Homestead) that left one car on top of another and a light pole down. Third car not shown because the driver tried to drive away - only to crash into a utility pole down the street, as Nurohbyx shows us: Read more.

By adamg - 7/7/18 - 3:48 pm

Victim identified as Christian Rivera, 29, of Dorchester.

Stanley Stacos reports somebody was shot at Humboldt Avenue and Homestead Street around 3:10 p.m.

Boston Police report the man was taken to a local hospital, where he died. He is Boston's 29th murder victim this year.

By adamg - 5/25/18 - 3:52 pm

After eight days of deliberation, a Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Dartanyan and Niccokawan Pledger of second-degree murder for the March 21, 2016 shooting that killed Allex Bryant on Humboldt Avenue, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 12/1/17 - 2:56 pm
Man shot in Roxbury

A person was shot around 2:15 p.m. at Seaver Street and Humboldt Avenue. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the person's injuries.

Jeff Durham, who photographed the scene, reports at least five shots were fired.

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.

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

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

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.

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