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Shooting suspect identified

Woman fatally wounded, 4 others hurt over weekend

A memorial was set up on Elder Street in Dorchester for Alexandra ''Xanda'' Gomes who was fatally shot early Sunday. A memorial was set up on Elder Street in Dorchester for Alexandra ''Xanda'' Gomes who was fatally shot early Sunday. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff)
By Maria Cramer
Globe Staff / November 11, 2008

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It was just after 2 a.m., but the young man and his friends had no plans to call it a night. They were hanging out on Elder Street in Dorchester, hoping to find a party and chatting, when a man in a hooded sweatshirt walked up to them, pulled out a gun, and began to shoot. (Full article: 888 words)

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