As of Dec. 27, 56 people have been murdered in Boston in 2018 - the same as last year. Victims have ranged in age from 17 to 77.

Some were victims of gang violence. Some were innocent bystanders caught in gunfire they had nothing to do with. One man was shot to death after a traffic incident while he was trying to deliver a washer and dryer, another, police say, was shot by a man acquitted of murder five years earlier.

Most were shot, some stabbed, one bludgeoned to death. All left family members and friends.

2018 murder map.