Man is shot several times in Dorchester

A man was taken to Boston Medical Center yesterday after being shot multiple times with a handgun about 5 p.m. near the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Lawrence Avenue in Dorchester, police said. Police did not identify the victim. He was reported to be in stable condition. After he was shot, the victim held his stomach and ran into the middle of Blue Hill Avenue, where he flagged down a police cruiser, said Roger McClain, 64, a neighborhood resident. "He was bleeding, but . . . I don't think he knew where he was shot," McClain said.

A man accused of a fatal stabbing during a fight in June in South Boston faces additional charges, after a grand jury indicted him yesterday on a charge of attempted murder. Bernard Piscopo, 38, is accused of stabbing Thomas Browne, 24, three times in the back and shoulder during a fight June 17 at The 6 House bar. Piscopo has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in district court in the death of Browne's friend, Adam Rich, 26. According to the Suffolk district attorney's office, Rich and another man were thrown out of The 6 House after getting in a fight with Piscopo and several other people. Rich came back into the bar and punched Piscopo in the face, knocking him off his feet, prosecutors said. Piscopo grabbed a knife, stood up, and stabbed Browne and Rich. Rich died of his stab wounds, prosecutors said Piscopo is scheduled to be arraigned today in Suffolk Superior Court on charges that also include second-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

CAMBRIDGE

A human evolution professor and curator of the Peabody Museum will become interim dean of Harvard College, the university's undergraduate school, on Sept. 1, Harvard announced on its website yesterday. David Pilbeam, curator of paleoanthropology at the Peabody, takes over for Benedict Gross, who will step down at summer's end to return to teaching and research at Harvard. Pilbeam, who will serve until a permanent dean is named, has held various positions at Harvard, including dean of undergraduate education and associate dean of faculty. Most recently, he was interim dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences.

BARNSTABLE

Barnstable police arrested a Hyannis man in the possession of illegal firearms and child pornography. Police were called to Camp Street after Brian Taubman, 47, allegedly aimed a shotgun at his neighbor during a dispute, Barnstable Sergeant Sean Sweeney said. Police said they searched the house and found two shotguns and two SKS assault rifles, for which Taubman did not have a permit, police said. While looking for firearms, police said, they found hundreds of CDs with child pornography, with pictures of children ranging from toddlers to teenagers, Sweeney said. Police seized three computers and a laptop from Taubman's residence.

NORTHAMPTON

Commuters in Northampton will have to find an alternative to the Clement Street Bridge. Acting on advice from state highway officials, the city blocked off the single-lane span over the Mill River Friday. The bridge will be closed until repairs are complete, which could take up to a year. The bridge, first built in the 1890s, is the first in Massachusetts to be ordered closed since the Aug. 1 bridge collapse in Minneapolis that killed at least nine people. Northampton Public Works Director Edward Huntley said an inspection of the Clement Street Bridge by the state in February found that supporting trusses had been weakened by rust. (AP)

KEENE, N.H.

The driver of a dry-cleaner's van involved in a collision with another vehicle in January, in which the driver of the car was killed, turned himself into authorities yesterday after failing to appear in court to answer charges stemming from the accident. The driver of the car, Kathleen Barrett, 47, of Swanzey, was critically injured and died at a hospital. Henri Pletzner, 34, of Winchester suffered minor injuries. He was indicted July 23 by a Cheshire County grand jury on one count of negligent homicide and one count of reckless conduct, both of which are felonies and carry a sentence of up to seven years in prison. Pletzner failed to appear at his arraignment Aug. 1. Yesterday, he was released on $20,000 bail and ordered to check in with Swanzey police on a daily basis. No trial date has been set. (AP)