Gun arrests continue as shootings, killings overall remain down in Boston

Some road crime has grabbed headlines this 12 months, however throughout the board, shootings and killings in Boston are nicely beneath the five-year averages.

In response to Boston Police knowledge, there have been 16 homicides by the beginning of the week, that means the tragic slaying of 15-year-old Curtis Ashford Jr. Wednesday night time was the seventeenth. That’s down from 23 via this level final 12 months and the five-year common of 34 by this date.

The police division as of the beginning of this week mentioned there have been 78 reported capturing incidents this 12 months, down from 102 via this date final 12 months. These shootings have injured 97 individuals in Boston in 2022, as in comparison with 117 via this week in 2021.

The Wednesday deadly capturing on Ellington Road makes 10 deadly shootings this 12 months, in comparison with 13 via the beginning of this week in 2021 and 18.8 as a five-year common.

Cops say they’ve made 343 firearms arrests this 12 months, only a bit under the 353 by this date in 2021.

The police division publicized a couple of over the previous few days, together with an 18-year-old Charlestown man arrested in Roxbury and a 25-year-old Brockton man arrested in Mattapan, every on Wednesday night time, the police say, with a loaded handgun.