The Town of Milton is facing continued fallout for its non-compliance with a state housing law for MBTA communities, with Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell announcing on Tuesday that her office is suing the Boston suburb.
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Deadly I-95 shooting: New video shows suspect car as hunt for gunman continues
New video has surfaced of a car suspected of being involved in the still-unsolved deadly shooting on Interstate 95 in Foxborough, Massachusetts, earlier this month, and officials are asking for the public’s tracking the car down.
The car, po…
Boston police investigating overnight shooting
Boston police were investigating at two separate scenes on Tuesday morning.
The first scene is on Itasca Street, and you can see the window of an SUV shattered and bullet casings were found in the road. The car’s back tire is flat as well. Then over on Monponset Street, police surrounded a Black Toyota Acura.
Boston police said a victim told them that he pulled over on Itasca Street around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday where two suspects who were following him shot at him. They then stole his vehicle and fled the scene.
Minutes later, police said responding officers found a crashed, abandoned vehicle at River and Monponset streets.
Officers later located one suspect from the suspect vehicle and placed him under arrest. A second suspect remains at large.
The victim was not injured in the shooting.
The investigation remains active, police said.
Gov. Healey wants to open a new migrant shelter in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. But when?
The state of Massachusetts is working to open a new shelter to house the overflow of migrants coming to the area in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood.
It’s a decision that seems to be dividing the community.
“I don’t like it. They’re giving them all these benefits and people here are homeless and need jobs and they’re not getting nothing,” one resident said.
Sarah Boland, another resident, is OK with the decision to open a new shelter in Fort Point.
“I think there are people who have their reasons why, but it’s also kind of opening your mind and your community is always a good thing to do,” she said.
The housing of migrants is continuing to cause controversy in the state.
The latest focal point is Farnsworth Street in Fort Point. It’s a site Gov. Maura Healey has been eyeing, working with nonprofits in the affluent Boston neighborhood to shelter migrant families and pregnant women.
“This is a United Way site, which we support because we continue to need to find safe housing for people,” Healey said.
The building belongs to the Unitarian Universalist Association, which is working with the United Way and the state to house the overflow of migrants who need a place to spend the nights.
This comes after the state — the only one in the country with a right-to-shelter law — reached shelter capacity in November with 7,500 families.
But how soon will the new shelter open?
“As soon as possible,” Healey said. “I just don’t know how long it’s going to take to get everything operationalized and work things out with the community, work things out with the city.”
That’s where some Fort Point residents have an issue with the governor. While some residents NBC10 Boston spoke with don’t mind the move, others who have reservations complain that they haven’t been consulted.
“It just seems like people are being thrown into a building with no regard for the safety,” Francesca Tesone said. “We know nothing about the background, about the medical history, and it just seems dangerous, especially given how many kids are here.”
But Chrystyn MacDougall said she supports housing migrants in Fort Point.
“I think you find needy people everywhere, right? Nobody wants anything in their backyard. But it’s kind of a humanitarian crisis right now in our city, so I think we need to do what we can.”
The United Way said it will be meeting with community members on Tuesday night in the building, where they will share details of their plan while also giving residents a chance to weigh in.
Brockton School Committee to address violence concerns at meeting Tuesday night
The state of Massachusetts has given Brockton a grant to do a safety audit at their high school to try to determine the best way to improve the situation there.
But she said she is taking the school committee’s concerns about violence at the school very seriously.
Community leaders and parents say beyond the well-documented issues with fights in the school, more needs to be done to ensure there are enough teachers in the classrooms, that students aren’t wandering the hallways or leaving the building during school hours, and that students who repeatedly violate school policy are appropriately disciplined or expelled.
They also agree that community standouts like the one held Monday morning to show students the community supports them are a great first step.
But Healey said it will take everyone coming together to figure out the best solution for students and educators in Brockton going forward.
“We want to make sure, and as governor I want to make sure, that every student and educator in this state, including in Brockton, is safe and is able to go to school and learn in a safe environment, so our job is to make sure that they receive assistance that way and support,” Healey said. “That’s why we’ve given them the money to be able to do that public safety audit and to make sure the right resources are in place.”
On Tuesday night at 7 p.m., there’s a special school committee meeting where the superintendent and mayor will be delivering their initial safety plan.
Here’s how a massive pothole on I-95 helped an inmate escape police custody
An inmate used a traffic jam on Interstate 95 as an opportunity to escape custody on Monday, according to authorities.
That inmate led police on a 45-minute manhunt. But that inmate is now behind bars.
Police were ultimately able to find the esc…
