Boston Blotter: Shootings in Roslindale, Roxbury

Blotter-Body-Outline.jpg -- A 26-year-old man was shot in the head near a housing project in Roslindale last night around 8:30 p.m. He was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. [Roslindale Transcript]

-- A man was shot to death early this morning on Warwick Street in Roxbury.[BPDNews]

-- Clyde Howard, a 65-year-old Brookline man, was indicted in the murder of his Bay State Pool Supply Company co-worker. The killing happened earlier this year in Cambridge. [Cambridge Chronicle]

-- Boston police nabbed a man whom they claim robbed a jewelry store downtown. According to police, the suspect recognized himself in the wanted poster offered by the arresting officer. [BPDNews]

-- Harvard students nearly burned down their own boat house with a combination of Axe Body Spray, nail polish remover, and hope. [Crimson, via UHub]

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