William Gross

Amid an “intensity of public concern” over civil rights issues, Massachusetts law enforcement agencies from the federal to the local level held the first meeting Friday of a newly announced task force, U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said. The Civil Rights Task Force aims to foster collaboration between the agencies as they look for threats and to support police departments...

Three people, including a teenager, are dead, and two others were injured after gun violence erupted Thursday across the city of Boston. “The violence that this city saw yesterday ripped away the lives of three individuals and inflicted immeasurable trauma and harm on the communities that experience gun violence,” District Attorney Rachael Rollins said in a statement. “Acts of violence…

There was an uptick of violence in the city of Boston over a 24-hour period in which three people, including a 15-year-old boy, were shot and killed.

Violence erupted in some parts of Boston Thursday, resulting in several shooting deaths.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and other top Massachusetts Democrats blasted U.S. Attorney General William Barr after President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement official met Thursday with Boston Police Commissioner William Gross. “In Boston, we believe in justice and equity, and protecting everyone in our community,” Walsh said on Twitter on Thursday night. “I am working every day to combat...

Boston Police Commissioner William Gross is speaking out after his Thursday visit with U.S. Attorney General William Barr at police headquarters.

Boston Police Commissioner William Gross is pushing back against criticism over U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s visit.

Amid a debate over police reform in Massachusetts and around the country, the commissioner of the Boston Police Department met Thursday with U.S. Attorney General William Barr in Boston. Boston Police Commissioner William Gross, who was criticized by a member of the Boston City Council for taking the meeting, explained to reporters Thursday evening that he used it to...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh held a virtual prayer vigil Saturday afternoon in response to racism and the acts of violence happening throughout the U.S. in light of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis. Mayor Walsh was joined by some of the foremost leaders in the Boston faith-based community, and he acknowledging that not everyone could appear alongside him because of...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh held a virtual prayer vigil Saturday afternoon in response to racism and the acts of violence happening throughout the U.S. in light of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh held a virtual prayer vigil Saturday afternoon in response to racism and the acts of violence happening throughout the U.S. in light of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.

At a Boston prayer vigil, Boston’s police commissioner, William Gross,discussed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody and the unrest that it inspired.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh introduced a prayer vigil outside Boston City Hall to address the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody and the unrest it inspired around the country.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is hosting a virtual prayer vigil with religious leaders in response to the acts of violence and racism happening nationwide following the death of George Floyd.

One person has died and at least five others were injured in a shooting overnight Wednesday in Dorchester.

One person is dead and another injured after a shooting at a housing project in Jamaica Plain around 10 p.m. Thursday.

Hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, the 24th annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace unfolded online, bringing together citizens and public officials in a virtual forum to raise money for victims of homicide and share heartbreaking stories.  The event, emceed by NBC10 Boston anchor Latoyia Edwards, was sponsored by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, a Boston-based non-profit.  “We needed...

Hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, the 24th annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace unfolded online, bringing together citizens and public officials in a virtual forum to raise money for victims of homicide and share heartbreaking stories.

Boston Police are investigating the shooting of a 10-year-old girl in Roxbury. The girl was shot when a bullet struck through her apartment.

Boston Police Commissioner William Gross said the shooting of a 10-year-old girl in a Roxbury apartment Saturday night should have never happened.