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SAFEST CITY? Bullets fly overnight in Dorchester as man is gunned down on Bowdoin Street

Friday, May 22, 2026•
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MDN Staff
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SAFEST CITY? Bullets fly overnight in Dorchester as man is gunned down on Bowdoin Street

Boston Police's Homicide Unit is investigating after a man was shot to death on Bowdoin Street around 1:05 a.m. Friday — the same Dorchester block hit by scooter gunmen last September.

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DORCHESTER — Bowdoin Street is back behind yellow tape.
A man was shot dead before sunrise Friday in the latest burst of gunfire to hit the Dorchester block, with the Boston Police Department's Homicide Unit now running the investigation.

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Officers from District C-11 raced to the scene around 1:05 a.m. on a radio call for a person shot, according to the Boston Police Department. They found the victim — a man — bleeding from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
No suspect has been named. No motive has been disclosed. Police have not released the victim's identity.
It's the same Dorchester block MDN reported on in September, when two gunmen on a scooter opened fire near Bowdoin and Olney in a daylight ambush that left a man with a gunshot wound to the neck. Same street. Different victim. This time, fatal.
Anyone with information can contact BPD Homicide at 617-343-4470, or send anonymous tips to CrimeStoppers at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting "TIP" to 27463.

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