An 18-year-old Boston man has been identified by police as the person shot and killed in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood late Friday night, officials said.
Michael Collins, Jr., a Dorchester resident, was shot around 11:15 p.m. Friday on the corner of Franklin Hill Avenue and Shandon Road, according to the Boston Police Department.
Police responded to the area after a notification from a Shot Spotter, an auditory sensor designed to recognize the sound of a gunshot. Officers found Collins shot multiple times and rushed him to a Boston area hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight, the department said.
Collins’ death is under investigation by homicide detectives, who asked anyone with information on his shooting to contact the department.
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