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Police officers conducting a traffic stop after suspicious drug activity were fired upon and fired back last night in Hyde Park, police spokesman Eddy Chrispin said. Chrispin said no one was injured, and the culprits were brought into custody. He could not say how many people were in police custody. The incident occurred just after 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Gordon and River streets. The police drug unit had been monitoring the car as part of an drug investigation; the shooting began when officers attempted to pull the car over. No further details were available.

Police released the names of two teenagers who were shot to death last week in two attacks in Dorchester and Mattapan. Jamayl E. Wilson, 17, of Dorchester, was found wounded on Pleasant Street in Dorchester Thursday night. Wilson was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, according to police. Early Sunday, Mario Oviedo, 18, of Mattapan, was found shot on Homestead Street in Roxbury after police received a report of shots fired about 2:33 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said Eddy Chrispin, police spokesman. Anyone with knowledge of the crimes is urged to call 1-800-494-TIPS.

Police are looking for a suspicious man who followed a 10-year-old girl on her way to school yesterday morning. The girl told police she was walking toward Angier Elementary School on Beacon Street in the area of Waban Square when she saw a man exit the MBTA stairs and walk toward her, police said. The man stopped following the girl once she entered her school, according to police. The girl said she saw the same man two hours later, after recess. He was described as thin, in his 20s, with a round face with freckles. He was wearing eyeglasses, dark clothing, and a black hooded sweatshirt. Anyone with information can contact the Newton Police Department at 617-796-2100 or the Tips Line at 617-796-2121.

Authorities have identified the driver who died Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle car crash on Route 16 in Medford, according to the State Police. Anthony Cianciolo, 58, of Arlington, was pronounced dead at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after his 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass swerved across the westbound lane of Route 16, struck two guardrails, and collided with a 2003 Chevrolet Malibu, operated by Joseph Bentley, 70, of Winchester. Bentley was not injured. Cianciolo's car continued over a curb, rolled down an embankment, and came to rest against nearby trees.

A state advisory panel looking into what drives Maine's second-highest-in-the-nation per capita healthcare costs has found that 75 percent of the use of hospital emergency departments in the state is avoidable. The Advisory Council on Health Care Development said steering patients to less-costly routine office care would reduce unnecessary emergency room visits in a report issued yesterday to the Legislature. Other recommendations include prevention efforts and use of evidence-based public health strategies to reduce chronic illness, expanded use of electronic medical records, and a payment policy that provides incentives for outcomes rather than volume of services. (AP)