BPD responded to a call for a person shot near 482 Geneva Ave. around 10:30pm on Sunday.
At about 10:30 PM, on Sunday, October 23, 2022, officers assigned to District C-11 (Dorchester), responded to a call for a person shot in the area of 482 Geneva Avenue in Dorchester. On arrival, officers located an adult male victim suffering from gunshot wounds. Boston EMS transported the victim to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. The victim has since been identified as Christian Thistle-Kavanaugh, 21, of Dorchester.
The Boston Police Department is actively reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident. Anyone with information is strongly urged to contact Boston Police Homicide Detectives at (617) 343-4470.
Community members wishing to assist in this investigation anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463). The Boston Police Department will stringently guard and protect the identities of all those who wish to help this investigation in an anonymous manner.
Sunday night’s shooting comes a week after a triple shooting on the same street that killed 24-year-old Quaaneiruh Goodwyn and injured two men in their mid 20s.
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