ROXBURY— Roxbury descended into a nightmare Sunday night when gunfire ripped through Melnea Cass Boulevard, transforming the block into a battlefield and leaving shell casings scattered across the pavement like glittering shrapnel. Boston Police swarmed the scene after ShotSpotter alarms shrieked and 911 lines lit up with terrified callers, their cruisers flooding the streets in a haze of blue lights and sirens.

The most shocking moment came when a man, bloodied and cut to ribbons by flying glass, stumbled into a Boston Police station and told stunned officers he had survived the ambush. Shaken and scarred, he became the human face of a night that left an entire neighborhood rattled.

Scanner traffic first reported by Stacos on X captured the chaos as it unfolded, with rapid-fire updates describing officers racing to the scene, streets shut down, and the walk-in victim’s dramatic appearance at the station.

Outside, his car sat mangled under the harsh glare of floodlights. The sedan was barely recognizable — windows blown out, body panels twisted and torn, at least eighteen bullet holes punched clean through the frame. Detectives worked under the lights, crouching low as they scooped up shell casings from the street, bagging the brass that sparkled like confetti after a macabre parade.

Neighbors watched from porches and windows as the block was sealed off with yellow tape. Whispers spread through the crowd that Roxbury looked less like a city street and more like a warzone. Paramedics treated the wounded man while detectives snapped photos, marked evidence, and canvassed door to door for answers.

By the time the night gave way to silence, no suspects had been named and no arrests announced. What remained was a neighborhood shaken, a bloodied survivor who had stumbled through the doors of Boston Police, and a bullet-riddled car standing as a chilling monument to the violence that once again turned Roxbury into a city under siege.