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Boston Police probe city's 73rd homicide of 2006

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December 26, 06 07:55 PM

By David Abel, Globe Staff

Boston Police are investigating a fatal shooting this afternoon in Charlestown, the city's 73rd homicide of the year.

Police said that at about 5 p.m., officers responded to 77 Monument Street and found a Hispanic male shot multiple times, including at least once in the head. He was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police released no other information and asked for the public's help.

With five days left in the year, the homicide brings Boston's total for the year to within two of the 75 last year, the highest toll in a decade.

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