Boston crime

Murders over the past 365 days

Murders in Boston as reported by Boston Police over the past year.
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Recent crimes

Bachelor party ends with fight, life-threatening injuries
Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
5/13/12 - 3:09 am
110 Huntington Ave.
Boston
Two stabbed in South Boston
Stabbing
5/13/12 - 12:15 am
191 K St.
South Boston
Police: Neighbors grab two of four people who tried to run away after their car smashed into house
Car crash
5/12/12 - 8:59 pm
620 W. Park St.
Dorchester
Woman sexually assaulted in the South End; fights off attacker
Indecent assault and battery
5/11/12 - 4:45 am
Columbus Ave. and Dartmouth St.
Boston
Two shot in Mattapan; at first, police could find neither victims nor witnesses
Shooting
5/10/12 - 10:12 pm
30 Hopewell St.
Mattapan
Man shot in the groin in Codman Square
Shooting
5/10/12 - 8:50 pm
481 Washington St.
Dorchester
Robbery outside a Dorchester bank
Robbery
5/8/12 - 2:10 pm
731 Morrissey Blvd.
Dorchester
Sovereign branch in Charlestown held up
bank robbery
5/8/12 - 9:45 am
437 Rutherford Ave.
Charlestown
West Roxbury credit union held up
Bank robbery
5/7/12 - 3:00 pm
75 Spring St.
West Roxbury
Gang threatens Brinks Job garage attendant with crowbar in failed safe heist
Armed robbery
5/7/12 - 4:20 am
600 Commercial St.
Boston
Roxbury attack leaves victim in bad shape
Attack
5/6/12 - 8:00 pm
125 Marcella St.
Roxbury
JP day-care director charged with trying to run over church rector in parking-lot tiff
Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
5/6/12 - 1:00 pm
61 Rockwood St.
Jamaica Plain
Man stable after early morning stabbing in Roxbury
Stabbing
5/5/12 - 1:50 am
144 Warren St.
Roxbury
Morrissey Boulevard bank held up
Bank robbery
5/4/12 - 10:00 am
731 Morrissey Blvd.
Dorchester
Man found dead in East Boston
Murder
5/4/12 - 7:15 am
220 Chelsea St.
East Boston
Robber hits Roxbury Subway
Armed robbery
5/3/12 - 9:00 pm
981 Tremont St.
Roxbury
Man shot near Ruggles, not very cooperative with police
Shooting
4/28/12 - 8:00 pm
1000 Tremont St.
Roxbury
Man found shot to death in Theater District
Murder
4/28/12 - 2:00 am
290 Tremont St.
Chinatown
Somebody shot to death in Forest Hills
Murder
4/27/12 - 6:30 pm
132 Hyde Park Ave.
Jamaica Plain
Bloody Friday north of Franklin Park
Stabbing
4/26/12 - 11:20 pm
67 Brookledge St.
Roxbury
Alleged spitting puncher arrested on Silver Line bus
Assault and battery
4/25/12 - 10:00 pm
Massachusetts Ave. and Washington St.
Boston
Pink-loving woman sought for East Boston bank holdup
Bank robbery
4/25/12 - 1:10 pm
2 Meridian St.
East Boston
Police: Man may have exposed himself to pre-schoolers in Jamaica Plain
Indecent exposure
4/24/12 (All day)
93 Sedgwick Rd.
Jamaica Plain
One arrested for armed assault in Roxbury; one still sought
Assault with a dangerous weapon
4/23/12 - 2:00 pm
154 Walnut Ave.
Roxbury
Police: Man takes cab to South End robbery, then gets ride in vehicle with blue lights on top
Armed robbery
4/23/12 - 1:31 am
55 Berkeley St.
Boston
Why, Santy, why?
Robbery
4/22/12 - 2:40 pm
962 Massachusetts Ave.
Roxbury
Dorchester Sovereign branch held up
Bank robbery
4/21/12 - 12:50 pm
780 Gallivan Blvd.
Dorchester
Shot in the stomach
Shooting
4/19/12 - 1:30 pm
65 McLellan St.
Dorchester
BU student found shot to death on Allston street
Murder
4/19/12 - 2:43 am
Allston St. and Glenville Ave.
Allston
Man shot to death outside Hyde Park supermarket
Murder
4/18/12 - 8:55 pm
871 River St.
Boston
Police hunt two for spitting at T driver, then threatening him
Assault and battery
4/18/12 - 8:45 pm
Warren St. and Hazelwood St.
Roxbury
Man shot near South Bay mall
Shooting
4/18/12 - 6:30 pm
Southampton St. and Newmarket Square
Dorchester
Man shot in chest in Dorchester
Shooting
4/17/12 - 4:15 pm
Florida St. and Wrentham St.
Dorchester
Daylight shooting in Roxbury leaves man dead, woman injured
Murder
4/17/12 - 4:00 pm
67 Blue Hill Ave.
Roxbury
Third grader barely escapes gunshot injury from bullet fired outside his home
Gunfire
4/17/12 - 2:00 pm
77 Ellington St.
Dorchester
Three shot in Mattapan
Shooting
4/16/12 - 10:05 pm
Norfolk St. and Clarkwood St.
Mattapan
Roxbury pre-teen charged with possession of a loaded gun
Illegal weapons possession
4/16/12 - 8:30 pm
Forest St.
Roxbury
For second time in less than a year, woman in her 60s murdered in own apartment in South Boston
Murder
4/16/12 - 10:02 am
737 E. 7 St.
South Boston
Violence erupts again in Tufts Medical Center garage; two charged with stabbing, beating
Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
4/14/12 - 2:39 am
274 Tremont St.
Boston
Argument in Codman Square turns violent; innocent bystander shot
Shooting
4/10/12 - 3:00 pm
Southern Ave. and Talbot Ave.
Dorchester
Police: Six pounds of heroin seized in Roslindale apartment
Illegal drug possession
4/10/12 - 3:00 pm
40 Florence St.
Roslindale
Roslindale market held up at knifepoint
Armed robbery
4/9/12 - 8:31 pm
165 Belgrade Ave.
Roslindale
Roxbury market NOT held up at gunpoint
Armed robbery
4/9/12 - 4:15 pm
Blue Hill Ave. and Dudley St.
Roxbury
Possible armed home invasion sends one man fleeing covered in blood
Armed home invasion
4/9/12 - 3:05 pm
359 Park St.
Dorchester
Panhandler sought for Roxbury carjacking
Carjacking
4/7/12 - 1:33 pm
Washington St. and Elmore St.
Roxbury
Man robs Beacon Hill drugstore, makes bomb threat to nearby BPL branch as a diversion
Robbery
4/7/12 - 11:15 am
155 Charles St.
Boston
Shooting suspect arrested right in front of police headquarters
Shooting
4/6/12 - 10:10 pm
18 Trotter Ct.
Roxbury
Police: Hamburglars find themselves in a pickle, under arrest outside Dorchester McDonald's
Armed robbery
4/4/12 - 10:35 am
1508 Dorchester Ave.
Dorchester
Back Bay bank held up
Bank robbery
4/2/12 - 1:48 pm
155 Dartmouth St.
Boston
Ah, BU: Men found at Ashford Street frat house duct taped together, clad only in underwear, covered in condiments
Assault and battery
4/2/12 - 12:10 am
24 Ashford St.
Allston
Man murdered in Roxbury convenience store
Murder
3/31/12 - 4:27 am
655 Warren St.
Roxbury
Charlestown man charged as fare-jumping cabbie robber
Assault and battery
3/30/12 - 12:48 pm
48 Park St.
Charlestown
Brighton pharmacy held up at gunpoint
Armed robbery
3/30/12 - 11:30 am
1690 Commonwealth Ave.
Brighton
Man shot in arm in Roxbury project
Shooting
3/29/12 - 11:05 pm
10 Trotter Ct.
Roxbury
Police investigate hammer attack on Hyde Park Avenue
Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
3/28/12 - 4:03 pm
625 Hyde Park Ave.
Roslindale
Three charged with beating, trying to kidnap woman's boyfriend in downtown garage
Assault with a dangerous weapon
3/26/12 - 1:00 pm
274 Tremont St.
Boston
Man shot in the back in Roxbury
Shooting
3/25/12 - 1:00 am
Ellis St. and Thornton St.
Roxbury
DA: The bad bicyclist was packing
Illegal weapons possession
3/24/12 - 6:45 pm
Talbot Ave.
Dorchester
Police: Cape man goes on two-hour terror spree across Fort Hill
Kidnapping
3/24/12 - 12:31 pm
Marcella St. and Ritchie St.
Roxbury
Knife-wielding mountain-bike rider sought for swooping in on JP dog walker
Armed robbery
3/23/12 - 4:13 pm
251 Heath St.
Jamaica Plain
Armed robbery in West Roxbury mini-mall
Armed robbery
3/23/12 - 9:20 am
VFW Parkway and Independence Dr
West Roxbury
Woman attacked on the Esplanade
Attack
3/23/12 - 1:00 am
Silber Way and Back St.
Boston
Police: Woman declines to give panhandler change, so he smacks her in the face, steals her purse
Assault and battery
3/22/12 - 1:08 pm
128 Tremont St.
Boston
Another stabbing in Dorchester today
Stabbing
3/21/12 - 7:49 pm
Park St.
Dorchester
Fight outside health center ends with stabbing
Stabbing
3/21/12 - 11:30 am
280 Bowdoin St.
Dorchester
Two charged with repeatedly stabbing cab driver in the chest
Stabbing
3/20/12 - 1:22 am
Lenox St. and Shawmut Ave.
Roxbury
Three stabbed in Dorchester brawl
Stabbing
3/19/12 - 10:00 pm
Dorchester Ave. and Semont Rd.
Dorchester
Dorchester birthday party ends with shots, stabbing
Stabbing
3/18/12 - 2:21 am
112 Magnolia St.
Dorchester
Stony Brook liquor store only robbed once
Armed robbery
3/17/12 - 9:00 pm
80 Boylston St.
Jamaica Plain
From Allston to Fenway, police barraged with beer cans, cigarette butts
Assault and battery on a police officer
3/17/12 - 1:30 am
10 Barrows St.
Allston
Fight inside Codman Square store ends in stabbing
Stabbing
3/11/12 - 7:28 pm
322 Talbot Ave.
Dorchester
Investigators: Fire near Dudley Square was arson
Fire
3/8/12 - 10:50 pm
7 St. James St.
Roxbury
Man stabbed in Mattapan
Stabbing
3/8/12 - 5:30 pm
Blue Hill Ave. and Woodhaven St.
Mattapan
Bank robbers aren't even trying these days: What, too hard to put a mask or hat on?
Bank robbery
3/7/12 - 3:00 pm
1100 Massachusetts Ave.
Dorchester
Three teens charged with stealing laptops at gunpoint in Dorchester
Arrmed robbery
3/5/12 - 11:19 am
1120 Dorchester Ave.
Dorchester

Crime comments

And a licensing hearing set for when?
JP day-care director charged with trying to run over church rector in parking-lot tiff
5/15/12 - 3:36 pm
Someone capable of such violence has absolutely no business running a day care.
That address is a a fenced in lot.....
Argument over missing $4 ends with three stabbed on South Boston street
5/15/12 - 1:55 pm
560 East Second Street is a lot that houses cranes, it's not a residence.
North End robbery correction
Women attacked, robbed in the North End, Jamaica Plain
5/15/12 - 9:11 am
First, the victim said a women jumped out and grabbed her bags, not a man. However, I believe a man...
guy on left looks like human
You can't just show up at mom's on Mother's Day without some flowers, even if you...
5/14/12 - 8:31 pm
guy on left looks like human version of "The Thing" superhero (the one made of rocks)
It's the hotel's fault!
Bachelor party ends with fight, life-threatening injuries
5/14/12 - 1:50 am
Rollback their hours! Make everybody check out at 1 AM!
Shannon Tavern is located
Two stabbed in South Boston
5/13/12 - 9:13 pm
Shannon Tavern is located there...did that have something to do with it?
I'm impressed, Adam.
Man shot in the groin in Codman Square
5/12/12 - 10:19 am
No codpiece joke?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POLICE TOWER
Woman sexually assaulted in the South End; fights off attacker
5/12/12 - 9:15 am
Wasn't there a tower from star wars last year equipped with cameras and flashing lights?
As if you needed another...
Thieves target airbags in Acura SUVs in South Boston
5/11/12 - 6:47 pm
...reason to live east of L St.
"Then realized one had hit him"
Two shot in Mattapan; at first, police could find neither victims nor witnesses
5/11/12 - 3:26 pm
"Oh this bleeding wound? I...uh...fell over." Seriously?
redemption
On eve of third trial, man admits he stabbed enemy to death in a South Boston bar
5/10/12 - 8:27 pm
I was on the second jury and the family contacted me on craigslist and was very nasty, this is...
ahhh, only in Boston do we blame private property owners
Owner of violence-plagued Roxbury building rebuffed in effort to open take-out place
5/10/12 - 6:17 pm
...for public crime.
It was on the Orange Line...
Police: Two blasts of pepper spray not enough to subdue would-be Orange Line phone thief
5/10/12 - 4:10 pm
But what station?
Can someone explain?
25 arrested in South Boston drug crackdown
5/10/12 - 2:38 pm
Why do these "sweeps" occur? I'm sure the police didn't just magically find these people in the...
"baggy gray sweatpants" ...of
Man on bike gropes woman riding bike along Memorial Drive, pedals away across river
5/10/12 - 11:49 am
"baggy gray sweatpants" ...of course.
Not so sleepy
Police kept busy in normally sleepy West Roxbury today
5/9/12 - 12:25 pm
Actually if you read the news (WR Patch) that area of Washington Street and beyond has been very...
Stupidity #2
Police ID club where Stephen Perez's killers may have chilled before the murder
5/8/12 - 2:41 pm
Way to go with our Mayor by naming clubs that had nothing to do with this shooting. Way to go for...
Obamacare?
West Roxbury credit union held up
5/7/12 - 5:14 pm
Wow - I had heard a few doctors complain about what health reform would do to their practices, but...
Woman?
Where in the world is Carmen Sandebankrobber?
5/7/12 - 10:50 am
Don't know if it is the quality of the photos, but this could be a very good cross-dressing male,...
its time for the Avengers
Stabbing at State Street T stop
5/7/12 - 7:48 am
The T is overrun by stabbers,spitters and spunkers. Its time to call in the Avengers or at the very...
Santa?
Revere man charged with East Boston murder
5/6/12 - 6:22 pm
That's neither Santa-like nor Christian. This guy is just a stabbing walking contradiction!
moral of the story
Hypnotic scammers targeting elderly Chinatown residents score big
5/4/12 - 1:06 pm
even at their sleaziest, banks have their place. $160,000 CASH?
"160,000 walking and bicycle beats"
BPD goals: More walking beats and tweets
5/4/12 - 9:15 am
...What's a "beat" in this context?
How Did the Lawyer Even Find Out??
Court upholds embezzlement conviction even though two jurors went on Facebook to bitch about jury...
5/2/12 - 5:24 pm
How did the lawyer even find out about these Facebook posts without friending all the jurors?...
Can't blame this guy
Alleged dumbass doesn't get far when he tries to steal a car - inside an Allston car showroom
5/2/12 - 2:43 pm
I almost had to do the same thing to get away from one of their salesmen who was slower than...
Never woulda happened under Whitey's watch.
DEA brought into fight against drugs in South Boston
5/2/12 - 6:42 am
Just saying.
Florid
Police on lookout for Florida double-murder suspect who threatened his former bosses in Framingham
5/1/12 - 10:19 pm
So the killer has a flushed complexion? Is his face the same color as his jeep?
If this arrest holds up I'll
Roslindale man charged with possession of 22 pounds of cocaine after Egleston Square traffic stop
5/1/12 - 7:48 pm
If this arrest holds up I'll be a monkey's uncle. We should all be scared to live in a country...
12 1/2 years
Dorchester man who convinced a pal to give him a ride across town to rob a bank pleads guilty
5/1/12 - 12:42 pm
Higgins, now considered a career criminal, will be a guest of the federal government at one of our...
You Shot Bounced Off the Post
BU announces new plans to deal with sexual assault two days after latest attack
4/30/12 - 4:35 pm
BU Hockey Team does not qualify as guests
Perfect example right here
Woman convicted of stabbing neighbor in winter parking beef
4/30/12 - 4:32 pm
This waste of life cut a woman's arm open! She didn't even give the victim a chance to pull out a...
Strike four gets you 12 1/2 years?
DA: Billerica man chauffeured his crack dealer to Northeastern student's murder
4/30/12 - 2:41 pm
Good to know. Is it really going to take a judge's kid dying at this point to get them to learn?
Per WHDH
Two-bit Roxbury coke dealer was out on bail on a drug charge when he allegedly gunned down a...
4/29/12 - 6:38 pm
It was mistaken identity. Looking for a similar looking woman (with "gang ties") in similar #...
Royale
Tremont Street murder victim was serviceman just back from Afghanistan
4/29/12 - 3:37 pm
So he got shot outside Royale? I'm not surprised. I hate the place. It attracts the idiots and...
What is NIMBYism?
BPD says the party's over for Suffolk students in the North End
4/29/12 - 1:17 pm
If, say, Kerr McGee applied to your town for relief from the zoning laws so that they could build a...
So what, if he nailed
Man shot near Ruggles, not very cooperative with police
4/28/12 - 10:09 pm
my head to the floor? He had to. I had transgressed the unwritten law!
Crazy. That is more Theater
Man found shot to death in Theater District
4/28/12 - 4:55 pm
Crazy. That is more Theater District/Bay Village area. Guarantee it has something to do with the...
B-but this is only
Because you wouldn't want to make it too easy for kids to get ice cream
4/28/12 - 3:09 pm
B-but this is only encouraging childhood development of diabetes through the exposure to sugar! And...
The most underfunded resource of the city
Bloody Friday north of Franklin Park
4/28/12 - 1:14 pm
You don't even mention Boston EMS, all of these situations were handled by Boston EMS.
Gun Crime in Boston Spikes
Somebody shot to death in Forest Hills
4/27/12 - 10:09 pm
Gun Crime in Boston Spikes
For the fiftieth frickin' time
Picky robber targetting women talking on iPhones at night in Brookline
4/27/12 - 3:17 pm
Women should not be walking by themselves at night. Period. Women's rights are nice and all, but...
If Obama Had...
Suspect nabbed for bus spitting incident
4/26/12 - 11:07 am
A son he would look like Maurice.
Excellent catch!
Red Line guy may have tried to strike last month
4/25/12 - 9:36 pm
Also, I have not stopped gagging since reading the Red Line story this morning.
Props to this guy for
Allegedly punch-happy manager could cost downtown bar its license
4/25/12 - 6:40 pm
Props to this guy for thinking he's Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse.
Some transit systems in Asia
Man charged with spurting on woman on Red Line
4/25/12 - 6:12 pm
Some transit systems in Asia have women/children only cars; maybe it is time to have that option...
bus drivers need protection
Alleged spitting puncher arrested on Silver Line bus
4/25/12 - 6:07 pm
wait till the fare hikes go into effect. wasn't a t-employee beaten unconscious at north quincy...
Hmmm
Police: Man may have exposed himself to pre-schoolers in Jamaica Plain
4/25/12 - 4:46 pm
Is there something going on today.. or Uhuh is fixated on penis? ;) We had one guy j*zz on some...
Why did it take 25 days for this to make the news?
Man wanted for Orange Line indecent assault
4/25/12 - 12:15 am
Sheesh, how many other chicks has this scumbag touched in the interim?
Just...
DA: Barbara Coyne died for fishing equipment, lottery ticket
4/23/12 - 7:33 pm
...an incredibly sad commentary on our human condition. God weeps. ya know?
*shakes head*
Police hunt two for spitting at T driver, then threatening him
4/23/12 - 12:20 pm
I just don't understand some people sometime. I really think some of these 'ghetto' dudes get off...