2 people injured, 1 life-threatening, in multi-person shooting near Neponset River in Milton
Two men were injured, one of them life-threatening, in a shooting early Sunday morning in Milton, Massachusetts.
Police said just before 4 a.m., they received a call reporting gunshots from a parking lot on Wharf Street near the Neponset River. Shattered glass and a bullet hole could be seen in a nearby condo.
One victim, a 21-year-old Boston man, was found at the scene and taken to a Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries. Sunday afternoon, Milton Police confirmed he remains hospitalized.
Another victim, a 23-year-old Boston man, was found shortly afterward on Adams Street in Dorchester. He was taken to a Boston hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
"Pretty, kind of, quiet town, not a lot of those kind of things happen, so we're surprised to hear about that," said Milton resident Chris Vandenhuvel, who stores his 14-foot kayak at the dock. "My wife's checking out the kayak now to make sure there's no holes in it." They later reported their kayak didn't sustain any damage in the shooting.
Police said they do no have any further confirmed victims from the shooting. No arrests have been made and no other information was immediately made available.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Milton Detective Valter Pires at 617-898-4837 or the Milton Police Anonymous Tipline at 617-698-2677.
Milton is about 9 miles south of Boston with a population of about 28,630.
