Crime & Safety
2 Shot Near Egleston Square: Reports
Two were rushed to the hospital this afternoon after a shooting on the JP, Roxbury line.
BOSTON — Boston police are investigating after two people were injured Friday afternoon in a shooting in Roxbury near the border with Jamaica Plain, according to multiple reports.
According to police scanner radio officers were called for a report of shots fired on Washington Street near Egleston Square around 3:30 p.m. There, they found two people suffering from gunshot wounds.
Both people were taken to hospitals with serious injuries, according to the Boston Herald. WBZ reports two guns were found nearby.
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#Roxbury: Washington Street is closed as @bostonpolice investigate a double shooting in a liquor store. Sources tell me the pair shot eachother. @wbznewsradio pic.twitter.com/jmiqZKuBNe
— KarynRegalWBZ (@Karynregal) January 18, 2019
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