Boston police are searching for a suspect after a shooting broke out in Dorchester near Hancock Street.
At least two people were taken to the hospital when the call came in just before 6 a.m. Sunday, according to Boston EMS.
This is the latest in a string of violence in the city that is rattling the community.
The shooting comes just days after another at a barber shop in the same neighborhood. On Washington Street, beloved barber Herman Maxwell Hylton was shot and killed Wednesday night.
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The incidents are prompting Black community leaders to call for an end to gun violence. One community leader that spoke to NBC10 Boston on Sunday morning said this shooting is the latest act of violence in what he is calling a state of emergency for parts of the city.
“I’m very saddened that less than 24 hours after we made, once again, an appeal to the police commissioner and to the mayor to declare a state of emergency, that violence in terms of shooting has erupted,” said Rev. Kevin Peterson, founder of New Democracy Coalition. “We are living in a state of emergency, about which we must be responsive.”
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Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said the recent spate of shootings is "tragic, frightening, and leaves u all with heavy hearts."
"Our communities must remain strong, and I praise many for their impassioned and cooperative response. The unrestrained use of illegal guns is driving this devastating violence," Hayden said in a statement Sunday night. "I repeat my call for the private sector to join law enforcement and our neighborhood partners in creating intervention and prevention plans targeting the desire to own and use illegal guns.”
Police have not identified any suspects in either shooting, both of which remain under investigation.
