A 23-year-old man was killed in a shooting late Sunday night in Chelsea, Massachusetts, authorities said.
The Chelsea Police Department responded Sunday night to a report of shots fired at Congress Avenue and Shurtleff Street around 10:23 p.m., the Suffolk District Attorney's Office said. A 23-year-old male victim was found lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken by ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was pronounced dead.
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The victim was identified by Massachusetts State Police as Santos David Canizales, 23, of Chelsea.
Video showed crime scene tape blocking off a section of the street.
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The district attorney's Office, state police and Chelsea police are investigating.
"Once again we’re looking at a young life cut short and a family forced to live with eternal grief, all due to illegal guns too easily obtained and too willingly used," Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement. "We are doing everything possible to identify and arrest those responsible for this tragedy.”
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call police at 617-466-4800.
