A woman was shot in Dorchester Thursday night and remains hospitalized with a gunshot wound, while Boston police say no arrests have been made and no update on her condition has been released. Officers responded to Washington Street around 7:56 p.m. after getting a report of a person shot.
When officers arrived, they found a female victim suffering from a gunshot wound, according to WHDH. Boston EMS also responded to the scene and transported the woman to a local hospital, though her condition was not known at the time of the report. Boston 25 News also reported on the shooting, noting that police have not shared additional information about what led up to the gunfire.
As of the latest report, no arrests had been made in connection with the shooting, and investigators have not released details about a possible suspect or motive. The station's report does not indicate whether officers have identified any leads.
Part of a String of Dorchester Gun Violence This Year
Thursday's shooting adds to a string of violent incidents that have rattled Dorchester this year. A man was shot and killed near 564 Blue Hill Avenue, close to the intersection with Seaver Street abutting Franklin Park Zoo, around 10 a.m. on August 5, according to the Boston Herald. Just weeks earlier, on July 15, a 29-year-old man died after being shot shortly before noon on York Street, also in Dorchester, the Herald reported.
Days before the Blue Hill Avenue shooting, a shooting outside Little Haiti International Cuisine on Hyde Park Avenue left one man, 26-year-old Ky Mani Korey Reynolds of Dorchester, dead and four others injured, per the Herald's account.
Citywide Numbers Show a Mixed Picture
Those August incidents came as the city's broader shooting statistics showed both progress and persistent danger. As of early August, Boston had recorded 11 fatal shootings so far in 2026, one fewer than the same period the previous year, according to preliminary Boston Police Department data cited by the Herald. There had also been 17 homicides citywide at that point, with the number of shooting deaths matching the five-year average of 14.
Separately, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said the city's shooting victims and instances of gunfire were at historic lows, running more than 30 percent below five-year averages, according to Dorchester Reporter. Mayor Michelle Wu noted the city removed 673 guns from the streets over the past year, even as Boston's homicide count of 31 marked an increase from the previous year's historic low of 24, per the same outlet.
Boston police maintain a public shootings dashboard tracking fatal and nonfatal shootings that fall under the department's jurisdiction, excluding self-inflicted and justifiable shootings, according to Analyze Boston. The investigation into Thursday's shooting on Washington Street remains active, and police have not released further details.
