4 shot, 1 dead in Boston

BOSTON (AP) – Four people were shot, one fatally, on a street in Boston’s South End on Wednesday evening, raising the number of murders in the city this year to 75, police said.

Boston police responded to a call on Lenox Street, near Shawmut Avenue, just after 6 p.m. No arrests have been made.

Three people were found on Lenox Street suffering from gun shot wounds and a fourth person was found on Shawmut Avenue. One person was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Injuries to the others are not life threatening, police said.

No identifications or ages were immediately available. No motive has been determined, police said.

The corner of Shawmut and Lenox is near an athletic field and playground that includes a basketball court where 23-year-old William “Biggie” Gaines was shot to death in July 2004 as he coached a youth basketball game.

Boston’s murder rate is at a 10-year high.

On Dec. 13, four men were fatally shot in the basement apartment of a home in the Dorchester section of the city. There have been no arrests in that case.