Early Morning Shooting at Boston Caribbean Festival Leaves Seven Injured
A Caribbean festival in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston was the scene of a shooting early morning Saturday which left seven people injured.
According to Boston 25, the seven victims were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and police have recovered multiple weapons and two arrests have been made.
Video shared to X by Insider Newspaper shows people rushing from the scene.
BREAKING Boston Police responding to reports of mass shooting during a festival in #Dorchester pic.twitter.com/CI4i9Fwfa1
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In a press conference, Police Commissioner Michael Cox said the shooting is not related to the Caribbean Festival and all events throughout the day will continue.