Man shot to death in Dorchester

A 44-year-old man was fatally shot yesterday at Dorchester's Franklin Field Public Housing Development, making him the city's 39th homicide victim this year, police said.

Police did not release the man's name last night. They said he was shot shortly before 6 p.m. and pronounced dead less than an hour later at Boston Medical Center.

It was the second fatal shooting in two days after the city's gun buyback program expired. At the same time last year, the city had 37 homicides.

Over the weekend, police responded to at least three other shootings in Dorchester and Roxbury.

On Saturday night, an unidentified male died after receiving gunshot wounds police believe were inflicted at 34 Danube St. in Dorchester.

Police responded to the shooting at 11:24 p.m., and the man was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center at 11:43 p.m. Homicide detectives are investigating the killing. No arrests have been made, and police are seeking anyone who may have information.

At the shooting yesterday, yellow caution tape encircled the scene, as onlookers crowded porches surrounding 90 Ames St. A squad of detectives and investigators walked in and out of a door near Stratton Street. At one point a cruiser took away a bicycle, apparently as evidence.

Boston police were also investigating separate shootings that injured a boy and a man, putting both in Boston Medical Center on Saturday afternoon. They were reported to be in stable condition.

In one case, a 15-year-old boy apparently was shot in the abdomen at 12:32 a.m. outside 153 Crawford St. in Dorchester.

At 3:12 a.m., police were directed to an apartment at 120 George St. in Roxbury, where they found a 39-year-old man with apparent gunshot wounds in his lower torso.

In ending the gun buyback program, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said it had been a success, adding, ``We took over 700 guns off the streets; that's 700 less in terms of potential for violence."

Elaine Driscoll, a spokeswoman for the Police Department, said the buyback program exceeded expectations.

Another gun buyback program was run in 1993 to 1996, taking 2,800 guns at $50 apiece, according to city records.

This year's program ran out of money at the end of June. The city solicited help from the business community, and on July 1 the Boston Red Sox donated $25,000 for another 125 guns, for $200 Target gift cards apiece .

On Wednesday, Herman Taylor III died after being shot multiple times while standing near 194 Humboldt Ave.

Globe correspondent Sean Greene contributed to this report.