Two women shot leaving Dorchester bar

By Globe Staff

Two women received non-life-threatening gunshot wounds when they were leaving a bar early today in the Uphams Corner section of Dorchester, police said.

Police were called at about 1:26 a.m. to Boston Medical Center, where the women had sought treatment.

The women told police they heard three to four gunshots coming from an unknown direction when they were leaving the Dublin House bar, police said in a statement.

One victim, who was 31, had been shot in the back. The other, who was 22, was grazed in the knee by a bullet. The victims told police that they got in their car and drove to the hospital.

Police encouraged anyone with information to contact detectives at 617-343-4275, or to call the CrimeStoppers TipLine at 1-800-494-TIPS, or to text TIP to CRIME (27463).

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