Fatal Shooting on O’Connor Way
by Rick Winterson This is an early report (today: Tuesday morning) about a fatal shooting that took place on a vacant lot off O’Connor Way in the McCormack/”Old Harbor” Housing Project. One young person – a teenager – was pronounced dead after being transported to Boston Medical Center; another received serious but non-life threatening injuries from a bullet wound in his side. The incident took place late Monday evening, November 27, between 11:30 p.m. and midnight. The vacant lot where it occurred is located on the south side of O’Connor Way as it curves into McCormack Housing. It is currently used for BHA parking, as well as for storage of construction supplies and equipment. Specifically, the shooting happened in the open portion used [...]