--A man and his mother were shot while riding in a car yesterday in Dorchester. The Globe reports that Darnell Ricks Jr., 20, was hit in the arm, and his mother "appeared to have been grazed in the face by a bullet."

Police have a detailed description of the alleged perps: "They were looking for three black males who appeared to be in their late teens and about 5 feet 8 inches tall. One wore a dark hood and was riding a bike. Another had short black hair and wore a black hood and blue jeans. The third man wore blue jeans and a black hood, and had long hair tied back in a ponytail under a baseball cap he wore backward."

Ricks is on trial for being an accessory in the 2006 murder of Louis DoSouto.

--Update on the shooting at Stalex Pizza: Mumin Manavoglu, 45, the owner of the pizza place who was shot in the head by a robber, is on life support at Boston Medical Center. All for $60 bucks. The alleged shooter, 18-year-old Gary Johnson, is being held on $250,000 bail. A prosecutor quoted Johnson as saying he didn't mean to shoot Manavoglu.

--State Police are investigating a murder early this morning in Revere. The DA's Office has announced that an unidentified 34-year-old man was stabbed to death in an apartment. Another person was found stabbed but alive "in the vicinity of a nearby supermarket," according to the release.

--Remember that bratty bonehead who called BPD officers racist names after the Red Sox Rally and how he claimed his cousin, a State Rep, would "have their jobs"? Peter J. Koutoujian is in fact Peter Koutoujian's cousin--his distant cousin. And he is pissed. In fact, State Rep Koutoujian told Michele McPhee he's never even met his embarrassing relation. When arrested, the other Koutoujian provided a misspelling of his name, suggesting that he was too drunk to get his own name right.

--Good news for the strained relationship between the Brookline Police Department and Boston University students: The other BPD will reduce its patrols in areas where BU students live off-campus. According to Matt Donnelly at the Daily Free Press, "Brookline police Capt. John O'Leary said there has been a substantial improvement to areas with heavy student concentrations in the past week, compared to the period between Sept. 1 and Oct. 25, when 23 people -- many of whom are Boston University students -- were arrested or put on summons in the town because of public intoxication."

All charges alleged until proven under law.