Shootings rock city before holiday
BOSTON (AP) — Police say two people were killed in a shooting in Massachusetts and a second shooting happened just minutes earlier, injuring another two men.
Boston police responded to a double shooting in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston shortly after midnight Saturday.
The two men, who have not been identified, were in their late 20s, and were pronounced dead at the scene.
Boston police responded to another shooting in the neighborhood of Mattapan around 12:20 a.m., finding two men also their 20s with shooting injuries that are not life-threatening.
Officials say that it appears the two men in the Brighton shooting were targeted. No arrests have been made in connection to either shooting. Investigators are searching for witnesses.