A man is shot to death in Dorchester

A man was shot to death at the Franklin Hill housing development in Dorchester last night, the same complex where two men were fatally shot while sitting in a car two months ago.

Officers at the scene were focusing last night on the stairwell and the entryway of 23 Shandon Road, a four-story building with multiple apartments. Several people gathered outside said police had stopped them from going home.

The shooting occurred about 8:10, said a Boston police spokesman, Officer James Kenneally. The victim, whose age and identity were not released, died at Boston Medical Center. Four people were taken in for questioning but were not arrested, police on the scene said.

Investigators also examined and impounded a dark Ford Explorer.

On July 12, Jeffrey Jones, 41, and Jarrid Campbell, 27, were slain while sitting in a car at the intersection of Franklin Hill Avenue and Shandon Road. And on Aug. 4, Jones's girlfriend, Danielle Grady, 30, was killed when a gunman fired into the car she was riding in on Dunkeld Street, about 2 miles from the housing development.

Bettie Jones, a 68-year-old Franklin Hill resident who was waiting to get to her apartment last night, said the shootings are frightening.

"It's even scarier when it's near your home," she said.

Bettie Jones said she saw one man placed on a stretcher shortly after the shooting.

Last night's death marked the 49th homicide in the city this year. Last year at this time, the city had seen 54 homicides.

Also last night in Dorchester, two people were shot at the intersection of Bowdoin Street and Geneva Avenue about 9:25 Kenneally said. The shooting was in the parking lot of a Walgreens. The injuries were not life-threatening, Kenneally said. No further information on the shooting was available.

Two hours earlier, a man was stabbed in the hand at 10 Putnam St. in Roxbury, after someone approached his car and tried to rob him, Kenneally said. The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Globe correspondent Dan Peleschuk contributed to this report.