BLOOD ON BOSTON’S STREETS: Fatal Shootings Explode 30%

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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MDN Staff
BLOOD ON BOSTON’S STREETS: Fatal Shootings Explode 30%

Kids’ parks turned crime scenes. Bodies on the pavement. And City Hall stays quiet.

BOSTON — Boston’s streets are turning into war zones.

A new intelligence report reveals a shocking surge in fatal shootings across the city — up 30 percent compared to this time last year. More bodies. More blood. Less safety.

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Behind the city’s polished press conferences and promises of reform, the reality is getting darker: more people are dying after being gunned down in broad daylight.

So far this year, 13 people have been shot and killed — a grim jump from last year’s tally at this point. And it's not gang shootouts or mass violence driving the trend. It’s targeted attacks, one by one.

Shooters aren’t missing. Victims aren’t surviving.

Critics say Boston’s leadership has focused more on photo ops and progressive talking points than keeping residents safe — and now the numbers are catching up.

Mayor Michelle Wu’s office has not commented on the deadly rise.

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