Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the area of 28 Ellington St. at 7:25 Wednesday afternoon and found the boy with “serious, life-threatening injuries,” according to Officer Andre Watson, a department spokesman.
The boy was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead, Watson said. His age was not immediately released. Homicide detectives are currently processing the scene and no arrests have been made, Watson said. Speaking at a press conference at the scene, Mayor Michelle Wu lamented the loss of a young life to gunfire. “Anytime there is any incident of gun violence in our community it is absolutely unacceptable,” Wu said, according to a recording of the news conference. “And when we see the loss of life, especially a young child, it robs all of us of the potential, the life that this young person had before him.” Wu said trauma teams are on site to support community members. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden urged anyone who knows what happened to go to police. “One homicide in our city is one too many,” he said at the press conference. “It’s all tragic, but when it happens to someone from a tender age, when it happens to a young teenager, it obviously strikes right at the heart and right at the very fabric of our communities and our children.” District 4 Councilman Brian Worrell recalled growing up in the neighborhood and going to nearby Franklin Park. “We have to stop the violence on our streets,” he said at the press conference. “And it’s going to take all of us, it’s going to take all of us here in the city of Boston to make sure that we come together as a community to end gun violence.” This breaking news story will be updated as more information becomes available. Alexander Thompson can be reached at [email protected] Follow him on Twitter @AlMThompson
