He was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, the statement said. The home is near Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Boston police said in a statement that officers went to 55 Fenwood Road shortly before 7:40 p.m. for a report of an "unknown medical situation," and they discovered the man "suffering from apparent gunshot wounds."

A man in his 30s was fatally shot inside a home on Mission Hill on Wednesday night, but the circumstances surrounding his death remained unclear, police said.

Officer Stephen McNulty, a department spokesman, said additional details about the shooting were not available late Wednesday. No one was in custody, he said, though investigators had interviewed multiple witnesses.


The block was sealed off with yellow police tape for more than two hours while uniformed officers and detectives investigated, taking photos of the home and shining flashlights on the front staircase.

Evidence markers were also visible on the street and sidewalk.

A police official at the scene said officers would be guarding the home throughout the night and were seeking a search warrant.

Shortly before 8:40 p.m., two people entered the back of a police vehicle.

They exited the vehicle about 40 minutes later and were escorted by police back into the home where the shooting had occurred. It was not clear if they were related to the victim or if the man lived in the residence.

"It's quiet down here," said Jonathan Thomas, 30, who has lived across the street from the scene for almost a year. "Not too much happens on this side of Mission Hill."

He said he heard no gunshots during the evening and did not realize there was a crime scene on his street until he looked outside and noticed the police presence.

A distraught man who would only identify himself as "AK" said he heard what sounded like one gunshot at the time of the incident.


"This is insane," he said.

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