Gunfire wounds four in Dorchester

Two attacks stun a neighborhood

Three people were shot early this morning in the same Dorchester neighborhood where a separate shooting took place yesterday afternoon.

Police said three people were transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening after they were shot at 60 Homes Ave. Police did not identify them.

The shooting, which occurred on the house's third floor at about 12:30 a.m., startled neighbors. One man had just returned from work and was worried about his wife and 5-year-old child, who live on the second floor. He was not allowed to pass a police boundary, and said his wife told him officers knocked on their door looking for suspects.

"My wife is probably petrified, scared to death," said the man, who would not give his name. "I'm just worried about my baby, he's scared."

Police detectives and gang unit officers were combing the area during the night looking for evidence. Police were also searching for a black vehicle that may have been involved in the shooting.

Yesterday afternoon, police responded to a call reporting gunshots at 107 Devon St., located less than a mile from the Homes Avenue shooting.

In that shooting, at about 4:40 p.m., a 25-year-old man suffered multiple bullet wounds. He was transported to Boston Medical Center for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening, said police spokesman David Estrada.

Estrada said yesterday evening that police were trying to establish a motive in that shooting. Early today, police released few details in the Homes Avenue shooting.

The gunfire follows a bloody week in Boston, in which seven people were shot, two of them fatally, in four separate attacks over the Fourth of July weekend.

There have been 33 killings so far this year.

Globe correspondent Gabrielle T. Dunn contributed to this report.