Boston Blotter: Playground Shootings Over the Weekend

gang-that-couldn%27t-shoot-straight2.jpg--One person was shot at Ryan Playground in Mattapan yesterday afternoon. The injuries were non-life-threatening, but could the shooters at least keep their beef away from the playground? [Boston Globe]

--Three men were shot in Lynn on Saturday night at another playground. One person said to a Globe reporter, "It's gotten to the point where they're not scared anymore, they're coming out and don't care who is in the way." [Boston Globe]

--A 61-year-old Revere man was found dead of stab wounds in his own apartment on Saturday night. [Boston Herald]

--Long Memorial Day weekend, long blotter. Framingham is busy as usual. A 44-year-old woman toting "carried three Budweisers and an open bottle of Orange Jubilee MD 20/20" walked into a house on Saturday afternoon and decided she lived there. The homeowner respectfully disagreed and called the cops. [Metrowest Daily News]

--The BPD arrested a 14-year-old for Unlawful Possession of a Loaded Firearm, among other charges, on Hendry Street Friday night. [BPD News]

--The warmer weather brings indecent exposure and another Operation Squeeze roundup. [BPD News]

All charges alleged until proven under law.

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  • aging cynic

    Re Lynn:

    "Her daughter, 18, also lives in the apartment, and the daughter's 10-month-old girl."

    " Outside the development, Holguin surveyed holes in the vinyl siding made by at least five bullets.I can't believe this happened so close," she said."

    Yeah, guys who walk out on teen mothers with infants are usually so level-headed...

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