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The 40th annual National Night Out celebration of anti-crime efforts in the neighborhoods took place last week via a traveling caravan to most every neighborhood and police district. On Monday, July 31, the B-3 (Dorchester and Mattapan) district held its event in Hunt-Almont Park with live music from Conscious Reggae and free food prepared by the NECAT program and ice cream

The basketball courts at Walker Playground in Mattapan, where 11-year-old Daniyah Archibald and her friends have developed smooth jump shots, is considered a safe haven in the neighborhood. But during a school recess one day last March 27, that feeling of safety fell away as Daniyah picked up a purse left by a fence and found a loaded 9mm handgun inside. “I felt kind of

As relatives wept, the older brother of a 12-year-old Mattapan boy who was fatally shot in his home was arraigned Friday in Dorchester Municipal Court for allegedly improperly storing the firearm that discharged, killing the child.

A man is facing multiple firearms-related charges in connection with the deadly shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood, according to police.

A 12-year-old boy died after being shot in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood, police say.

A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed in Mattapan Thursday afternoon, according to police who are asking the public for help in the investigation.

The shooting victim is 12 years of age, 25 Investigates sources said.

Boston police say they recovered a loaded 9mm handgun from a playground in the city's Dorchester neighborhood on Monday afternoon.

Boston police found a loaded 9 mm pistol on a playground in Mattapan in the middle of the day. Plus, a dad and his daughters allegedly terrorize a Dorchester movie theater, a girlfriend beater gets prison, and more crime news in brief.

DORCHESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - An investigation is underway after Boston police recovered a loaded handgun and additional ammo from a playground in Dorchester.The Boston Police...