Man found fatally shot in Dorchester Saturday; 2nd shooting death there in 2 days

Police yet to ID victims; won’t say if events linked

A man was fatally shot early Saturday in Dorchester, police said, marking the city’s second fatal shooting in less than 24 hours.

Police responded at 12:27 a.m. to a report of a person shot at 1194 Blue Hill Ave., according to a statement from Boston police.

They found a man in his early 20s suffering from gunshot wounds, said Boston police Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long, who was at the scene early Saturday morning, according to a recording from the Police Department.

The man was pronounced dead on scene, Long said.

The incident follows a shooting that left a man dead in Dorchester on Friday afternoon.

Sergeant Detective John Boyle, a spokesperson for the department, said the two shootings bring Boston’s homicide total to 32 for this year.

Shortly after 2 p.m. on Friday, police responding to an activation of ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system, found a man who had been shot at 46 Corona St. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden was at the scene, according to a recording provided by the Boston Police Department, and asked for the public’s help to find the person responsible, along with Boston Police Superintendent Felipe Colon, who urged anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470, or anonymously through the tip line at 1-800-494-TIPS.

Both shootings are under investigation, and police could not comment on whether they were connected, according to Officer Michael Torigian, another spokesperson for Boston Police Department.

Neither victim has been identified and police have made no arrests in connection with either case as of Saturday morning, Torigian said.

Long said it was very concerning having two acts of violence “in such a short period of time.”

“We’re doing everything we can to find those individuals that are responsible and hold them accountable,” Long said.