21-Year-Old Man Shot And Killed In Dorchester
DORCHESTER (CBS) -- A 21-year-old man was shot to death on a side street Wednesday night.
The shooting happened around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday on Ripley Road, when a gunman opened fire at a group of people before fleeing.
There are tears on Ripley Road in #Dorchester the morning after a 21 year old is shot to death pic.twitter.com/zLtJzk79Xq
— Carl Stevens (@carlwbz) September 8, 2016
Friends and family of the victim stood on the sidewalk at noon Thursday, lighting candles at a makeshift memorial for the man, whose name was Roland.
Friends of Roland can't understand why this happened. They tell me he wasn't involved in gangs, was loving father. pic.twitter.com/kF0m4986zW
— Carl Stevens (@carlwbz) September 8, 2016
One woman told WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens that Roland kept out of trouble, and had a two-year-old daughter.
"Roland was a good kid," she said. "He wasn't into the gang violence, he wasn't into fighting, none of that. All he was about was his family."
There have been no arrests in the shooting death of a 21 year old in Dorchester last night. pic.twitter.com/PeJ9l6rwsV
— Carl Stevens (@carlwbz) September 8, 2016
There have been no arrests in the shooting.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens reports