--Early this morning, a 22-year-old man was found shot in the head on Bowdoin Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
--Last night, the Codman Square Safe Street Team heard shots fired at Dunlap and Washington. They soon found the alleged shooter, Oscar Mohamed, 19, of Jamaica Plain. Mohamed had shot two men. Both sustained non-life-threatening injuries. One of them didn't waste any time and took a cab to the hospital before emergency reinforcements arrived.
--A phone phreak from Philadelphia hacked into over 200 voice mailboxes at a company based in Massachusetts. The unnamed company acts as a meeting point for people connecting through personal ads. Barbara Denenburg, 50, broke into the system and left threatening messages for a Massachusetts woman.
Amy Farnsworth at the Globe notes that Denenburg allegedly made this behavior a habit:
Denenburg is also accused of harassed a series of women who placed ads through the company, including the Massachusetts woman. Denenburg allegedly sent her a series of letters and a package containing a cardboard tombstone inscribed with "RIP" and the words, "Hated by . . . all women everywhere."
--The 15-year-old who shot Pop Warner coach Myron Stovell is being held on $1 million bail. The message? Don’t mess with Pop Warner.
--Speaking of guns, Governor Deval Patrick wants the Legislature to pass gun control legislation. According to Casey Ross at the Herald, "The bill, filed in April, would limit gun buyers to one firearm purchase a month, increase penalties for possessing a gun near a school or park and create a legal presumption that defendants charged with gun crimes should be held without bail until their trials."
All of that sounds reasonable and might have prevented L'Affaire Pop Warner, but a bill would also need to address appropriate punishment for anyone bringing more guns into the city.
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