Jamaica Plain

1 person killed in Jamaica Plain shooting

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7/30/23 UPDATE: Dequann Whyte-Cohen, 31, of Dorchester, was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of 45-year-old Dante Webb, of Jamaica Plain, Boston police said

Someone was killed after being shot overnight in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, according to police in the city.

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The Boston Police Department said that its officers responded to a report of a person shot on Forest Hills Street shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday.

The victim in the shooting was taken to a local hospital, and was later pronounced dead, a news release from police said.

There have not been any arrests made in the case, and an investigation is ongoing.

Additional information was not immediately available.

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