24-year-old listed as critical after shooting

September 25, 2007

A 24-year-old man was shot multiple times and seriously injured last night in Dorchester, police said. The suspect fled on foot after the shooting, which occurred outside 104 Millet St. about 8:25 p.m., police said. Officers at the scene said the victim sustained life-threatening wounds, and he was later listed in critical but stable condition at Boston Medical Center. At the scene, police Superintendent John Gallagher said the shooting was part of ongoing feuds among groups in that area.

Two women were taken to the Boston Medical Center yesterday with minor injuries when the car they were in hit a dislodged manhole cover, police said. The accident occurred just after 3 p.m. on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury, said Officer James Kenneally of the Boston Police Department. The manhole cover punctured the car's oil pan, splattering oil and causing the car's airbags to open, Kenneally said. Kenneally did not release the name of the injured women. He said the cover was dislodged when another car hit it.

The public is being asked to weigh in on the search for a new state education commissioner. Paul Reville, chairman of the Board of Education, says the board is holding open forums to allow the public to offer opinions on the nationwide search. The forums will take place over the next few weeks in Springfield and Boston. Reville says the board is determined to find a commissioner who can build on the state's education achievements. Former Education Commissioner David Driscoll retired in August. The board has also created an e-mail account to allow people to send in written comment. Reville says he will begin interviewing by December. (AP)

A Quincy man was convicted in absentia yesterday of raping a former employee in 2005. Following the conviction, the Norfolk District Attorney's Office and Quincy Police renewed their call for information on the whereabouts of Tuen K. Lee, 38, who disappeared from his trial last week. He was found guilty by a Norfolk Superior Court jury of four counts of aggravated rape and one count each of kidnapping, assault with intent to rape, indecent assault and battery, and assault and battery. Sentencing will occur after his capture and return to court, officials said. Anyone with information should call 911, State Police detectives at 508-820-2121, or Quincy Police at 617-479-1212.

Swiss artist Christoph Büchel yesterday appealed a decision Friday by a federal judge that granted the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art permission to show his unfinished installation. Since December, Büchel has refused to return to the North Adams museum, angry over what he said were Mass MoCA's attempts to alter the massive installation, which includes a two-story house, an oil tanker, and a movie theater. Mass MoCA, in turn, said the project went dramatically over budget and that the artist rejected several overtures to finish it. The installation is now hidden behind tarpaulins, though the public can walk through it. Büchel wants the material dismantled. A spokeswoman said that Mass MoCA will announce today its plans for the space.

Officials at Mystic Aquarium are releasing a harbor seal that became stranded on a beach in Bridgeport after being shot in the eye. The male seal was found in July at Seaside Park and was brought to the aquarium, which handles rehabilitation in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The aquarium says it will release the seal into the wild tomorrow at Blue Shutters Town Beach in Charlestown, R.I. The seal is about 20 years old. Officials are offering a $3,000 reward for information on who shot it. The seal has lost use of its left eye, but can hunt and survive in the wild. (AP)

Police and officials at Phillips Exeter Academy are investigating a racist statement found taped to the dorm room door of a black female student. School spokeswoman Julie Quinn said letters about the incident have been sent to parents of all 40 girls who live in the dorm. "We are taking the incident very seriously," she said. Quinn said the racial epithet was found last Wednesday, Sept. 19. (AP)