Second shooting in one day rocks Dorchester
By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff
A boy believed to be about 16 years old was shot and wounded this afternoon in Dorchester, hours after a 22-year-old man was fatally shot in the same section of Boston, police said.
Superintendent Thomas Lee, who heads the department's Criminal Investigations Divisions, said it does not appear that the two shootings are connected.
The 16-year-old, who was shot in the neck area outside a red-brick building on Torrey Street, is expected to survive, Lee said.
No suspects had been arrested in connection with the afternoon shooting, which happened about 5:38 p.m., he said.
In this morning's shooting, the victim, whose name was not released, was found just after midnight outside Cataloni's Bar on Upham Avenue. Police said he was shot several times and later died at Boston Medical Center.
Police have not reported making any arrests in the case.
The homicide was the 14th homicide this year, which is more than the 12 homicides during the same period in 2007, said police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll. Overall shootings are down 40 percent this year over 2007, Driscoll said.
