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1 dead, 1 critically injured in Charlestown shooting

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1 dead, 1 critically injured in Charlestown shooting
1 dead, 1 critically injured in Charlestown shooting
One person died and another was critically injured in a shooting in Charleston.

CHARLESTOWN.AND THIS MORNING, POLICE AREASKING FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLICTO SOLVE THIS CASE.THE EYEOPENER’S MATT REED ISLIVE AT THE SCENE WITH WHAT WEKNOW AT THIS HOUR.MATT: WE KNOW THAT A MAN IN HIS20S IS DEAD, AND ANOTHER VICTIMIS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTERTHIS SHOOTING ON DECATUR STREET.THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AFTER A911 CALLED REPORTING SHOTSFIRED.THAT’S WHEN POLICE FOUND TWOVICTIMS IN A CRASHED CAR.POLICE BELIEVE THEY WERE DRIVINGWHEN THEY WERE SHOT, CAUSING THECRASH.WHILE THE SHOOTING IS NOTBELIEVED TO BE RANDOM, THEDISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS THATDOESN’T MAKE THE VIOLENCE INTHIS NEIGHORHOOD ANY LESSUNSETTLING.DOUG: THIS HAPPENED ABOUTDINNERTIME, AND CHILDREN ANDFAMILIES LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.THIS VIOLENCE IS HAPPENING RIGHTIN FRONT OF WHERE THEY LIVE.MATT: COMMISSIONER WILLIAM GROSSALSO ON SCENE LAST NIGHT, HEMADE A PLEA FOR ANYONE IN THENEIGHBORHOOD WHO KNOWS ANYTHINGABOUT THIS SHOOTING TO COMEFORWARD.THIS MARKS BOSTON’S 43 HOMIC

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