An 18-year-old woman was shot after she left her graduation ceremony in Boston’s Seaport District on Thursday, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox told reporters during a press conference. At around 11:43 a.m.
, the woman, 18, was found with gunshot wounds near 200 Pier 4 Blvd. at the intersection with Northern Avenue, police said. The woman had just graduated from Boston Collaborative High School, Cox said.
She was not shot during a graduation commencement, nor was she shot in the Seaport but possibly in a “garage area,” he added. The high school’s graduation was held at the Institute of Contemporary Art is located near Pier 4 Boulevard. Early findings in the investigation suggest there was an “altercation prior to the [shooting],” Cox added.
A witness identified as Sam Miller described hearing screaming and saw a woman being removed from a car and placed on a stretcher, according to Boston 25 News. “This is a travesty,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. “This should not happen.
High school students attending a graduation on a beautiful day like today shouldn’t have to have that day marked with a shooting taking place and a young woman having to go to the hospital ...
We need the community’s help, we need people who know something to say something.” No arrests have been made but an investigation remains underway, the Boston Police Department police told MassLive. More local crime stories.