Boston Blotter: Heat Rash of Crime

-- A 7-year-old boy was shot last night amid the crossfire between warring youths. The child had been playing kickball near Smith Street on the Mission Hill end of Roxbury when he was apparently struck by ricocheting bullets. He remains hospitalized with multiple injuries.

The shooting started when a man on a bicycle allegedly fired at two men in a Honda SUV, hitting the driver, who was later hospitalized at Brigham and Women's. The passenger, Kenny Francois, 18, of Hyde Park, according to police, was arrested on gun charges related to the shooting spree. Nobody has been charged with the shooting of the boy; no further arrests have been made; and police have not suggested a motive for the shootings. Some sources suggested that the incidents might be gang-related. The shooting happened just blocks from the Boston police headquarters. [BPDNews; Herald; WBZTV]

-- Senator Jim "Happy Hands" Marzilli was indicted on sex crime charges alleging that he accosted four different women. He allegedly told one victim, "The sex is sweet, the sex is sweet, you want it, and you want to go with me." [Herald]

-- An apparent robbery gone awry ended in death in Cambridge on Thursday. Authorities say that James Foley, 39, stabbed Steven Raftery, 42, to death in the latter's home on Elm Street after the pair robbed Maria's Fish Market on Cambridge Street. Foley and Raftery had previously worked together at the Cambridge Department of Public Works. Raftery died after he was stabbed with a 6-inch-long kitchen knife. Foley was arrested Saturday in Watertown and faces a barrage of charges. [Cambridge Chronicle]

-- A man turned himself over to police Friday in connection with three stabbings that happened Thursday night in Medford. [Somerville Journal]

-- Two former Tufts employees were indicted for separate schemes that bilked the university out of nearly $1 million. [Somerville Journal]

All charges alleged until proven under law.