Boston Blotter: Dorchester Death First 2009 Homicide

-- Boston's first murder of 2009 happened last night outside a Dorchester apartment building. A 37-year-old man was shot dead on the steps of the building and his 36-year-old female relative suffered gunshot wounds. The homicide victim was rumored to have gang ties. [Herald]

-- Gary Gomes, he New Bedford man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and his own mother in a pair of gruesome stabbing incidents had been twice convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and, despite dangerousness proceedings, had been released from jail without monitoring. Macabre details have also emerged about the crime: Gomes allegedly wrote messages with the blood of his victims. [Globe]

-- This afternoon in Roxbury, an 18-year-old man was shot outside Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. Police rushed him to Boston Medical Center, where there is no word on his condition. [Herald]

-- Barnstable cops say that they have arrested a high volume pills dealer. 42-year-old Valerie Campos was the target of a two-year police investigation and was arrested with $500,000 worth of illegal prescription drugs, police say. [Globe]

-- Anthony Troiano, Hopkinton's town manager, was forced to resign his position after it was discovered that he had used his town laptop to look at demon pornography. Troiano's job had already withstood his conviction for motor vehicle homicide. [Globe]

All charges alleged until proven under law.