Teenager killed and woman wounded in separate Boston shootings

By Globe Staff

A teenager is dead and a woman is in serious condition after two shootings in Boston overnight.

The 16-year-old was shot at 10.25 p.m. on St. James Street in Roxbury on Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center at 10:40 p.m., Boston Police said.

The victim was identified by neighbors as Quamaine Williams.

After midnight, a woman in her 20s was found with a gunshot wound to her side in a doorway of a home on Fayston Street in Dorchester. She was transported to Boston Medical Center where her condition is not known.

Williams is the 27th homicide this year, compared with 29 last year at this time.

Police said no arrests have been made in either shooting.

Residents of St. James Street, a hillside neighborhood of multifamily houses, said last night they had heard several gunshots, ending what otherwise had been a calm, early-summer evening.

Witnesses said other teens were nearby and scattered when the shots were fired.

Many neighbors stood on their doorsteps or in their walkways watching the investigation, even as a gentle rain fell.

Maisha Smith, a neighbor, said the teen was friendly and outgoing, often helping her carry her groceries to her fourth-floor apartment. She said he played basketball and football with her 11-year-old son.

"He's a sweetheart," Smith said of the teen.

About three years ago, a 25-year-old Hyde Park man was killed during a drive-by shooting on the street.

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