Young man shot near Codman Sq

What is being done about all of these shootings.

Before anyone blames the police, etc., maybe people need to be accountable for their own actions. It is times like this when some people think it is everyone else's fault that crime/violence is high, rather than the people who create the problems. Rather than putting the blame on someone else, people/communities need to take responsibility.

The police are there to watch them and document them, but can't seem to stop them!

I agree, this is ridiculous and shouldn't be treated as normal. It doesn't have to be this way but apparently, the powers that be want it ths way or it wouldn't be this way. Mumbles will be out soon spewing his rhetoric again about 'cracking down on crime' but at the same time, he cuts funding for programs that are vital for kids living in the city. Then there's Deval Patrick who is an extreme disappointment. Promises he made during his campaign about reforming CORI, increasing programs, and doing something about the racial disparity in the CJ system, haven't been kept. I want my $500 back.

When did Codman Square become a nice area. I always thought it was drug infested, gangster area

Seriously, this is ridiculous.

Ah the usual "WHO IS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?!!" cry. The cops do the best they can, but when victims' friends and relatives won't work with the police, the job goes from difficult to impossible.

I';ve worked in C.S. for two years and there are many many nice businesses and people. It is not all bad. I also live in Dorchester and not all parts of Dorchester are bad. It takes a village....these punks came from people who should never have had kids in the first place and we suffer the consequences years later. The blame is multiple-not just the mayor or police!

All I can say is "WoW! I guess people are not afraid to go to prison.

The problem cannot be solved.

Most who conduct these crimes are not even legal citizens, with social security numbers.

What crime database?

If they made drugs legal, half of the shootings would be erased and it would take away that black-market price. Which makes these drugs worthless to sell.

I grew up near Codman Square off of Norfolk Street in the sixties. My family and hundreds of others were victimized by unscrupulous mortgage brokers and real estate agents who colluded in the red lining of my neighborhood. From that vicious destruction of a once stable neighborhood came high crime, poverty, violence, etc...Poor Dorchester. My heart goes out to all the people who have tried to live decent lives in my old neighborhood.

What is being done about these shootings? Nothing. That's fine with me.
From the article it seems this was a directed attack not a random incident.

You can't stop one angry person from taking the life of another.

The police don't have a role in preventing crime. They have a role in enforcing laws. Unless a law is broken they can't do anything.

I have been a resident of Dorchester since the early 1960's and I have watched the neighborhood deteriorate over the years. There are good sections in Dorchester and bad sections. I miss the good old days when people used to respect one another. Bad seeds infiltrated into Dorchester amongst other neighborhoods in and around Boston. Blame it on their personal IGNORANCE. Fed up with the crime and nonsense.

p.s. I agree with Kathleen Flaherty.

Such terrible news to read about, my heart goes out to the victim and their family may god bless you very dearly.

I remember being in Codman Sq. with my grandmother back in the 1950s visiting a 5 & 10 store there, and it was just as safe and lovely there as if you were in Newton or Brookline today. Times have changed.

It should be just as shocking if it happened in Codman Square or Elgeston or Harvard. It is a cold callus crime. We should not expect anywhere. We can all point the fingers it the schools, it's lack of employment , it is lack of whatever. The reality is someone makes the choice to shoot someone. Someone tries to end another life

Hello to Janet:
Reform CORI? Oh I see, so rather than having these punks do the time in prision and own up to their wrong doings, you want their record wiped clean!!! YOU are part of the problem and you need to admit it !!!!!

There has been problems in Codman Square for years and if police were there how did the assailant accomplish his or her task ??? It is dangerous to walk the streets any time of day ! It is getting worse every year ! Something has to be done and quickly !!!!!

As much as this is tragic, I must say I become more and more numb to these stories of deliberate shootings in Dorchester and Roxbury. That's just as sad because we shouldn't have to look in the paper and read about a shooting without blinking an eye. I'm just glad I don't live in Dot anymore. Amen to that!

I work in Dorchester and I'm not ready to give up on her yet. There's enough blame to go around but that only seems to create more anger. We know that jobs will help, more police presence, more involved parents, schools that work, and on and on. But the reality is none of those things are in enough abundance to make a difference today. For me, individually, I have committed to promoting the positive, speaking too my neighbors, lending help where I can and remembering that I can be either part of the problem or part of the solution..

Kathleen Flaherty you know nothing about the parents of the kids who are involved in incidents likes these, some of the parents work very hard and are college educated and only want the best for their children, but the children just seem to stray anyways. You can't blaim the parents because not all of them are on welfare or drugs addicts.
You have to blame the kids for not listening to their parents and for making mistakes.
Some of these kids are influenced by friends and the environment that they live in. Codman Square is not a nice area and I lived there my whole life so i know that it is bad.

I never said all the parents are on welfare and drugs. if you hate C.S. so much as your signature implies, what are you doing to try to change it? read comment #20. I work with teens and believe me I see the parents on a daily basis. You are right, not all are bad and many struggle to provide a good life but I see the parents ( or lack of parents) of every teenager I work with who is in trouble and believe me, MOST are no good. Like I said, there is plenty of blame to go around-BTW, I live in Dor (not C.S.) but i work in C.S. and I saw that kid get shot today.

I give up.

How can you fix a problem that is about non existent families - STRONG parenting has always been the answer - period. Kids who have kids who were raised by kids can never be strong parents and the cycle goes on and on and on like the game of whack-a mole - you fix one kid and 2 more screwed up ones pop up.

I am from Codman Square. I have also been to many different places in my life, including Harvard where I went for my undergraduate degree. So i've seen a lot of different ways of living and a lot of different cultures. And if there is one thing I've learned, it's that people are PEOPLE. Parents that cannot rescue their kids from peer pressure, kids who feel hopeless and angry for whatever reason, those that live in wealthy communities and those that live in disadvantaged communities with a legacy of redlining, poverty, racial segregation, and drug abuse - they are all PEOPLE. I am disgusted by the crime that has occured and my heart goes out to the family, but i am also DISGUSTED by the hatred, racism and ignorance that comes out when someone sees a shooting in "that neighborhood" and uses the instance as an opportunity to feel morally superior and blame an entire community for a blazen act of violence. Things are much, much more complicated than people like to admit. So i would appreciate it if all of you self-righteous folk would lay off of Codman Square. it is a beautiful community that i am PROUD to be from. may the family of the victim heal in time..