CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- A man is dead after being shot in Cambridge Wednesday night.
MIT Police tweeted just after 9 p.m. saying they received a report of shots fired near the Marriott Hotel in Kendall Square. Cambridge police confirmed that they were investigating multiple gunshots near the 700 block of Main Street where one man was hit in a car.
Police say the victim, Rasaun Nichols, 31, of Cambridge died of his injuries last night following multiple gunshot wounds. He was a passenger in the vehicle when the shots were fired. The car had been leaving Newtowne Court. The driver of the vehicle called 911 and drove from the shooting scene towards Kendall Square, stopping in front of the Marriott Cambridge Hotel.
Nichols was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The vehicle remained on the scene for a time. Multiple bullet holes could be seen in the windshield.
An alert was sent to MIT students, warning them to stay away from the area as the suspect was still at large Wednesday night.
The investigation into this shooting remains ongoing and police say the driver of the car is cooperating. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 617-349-3300.
This was not the only shooting in the Boston area Wednesday night. Police say two people were shot in Roxbury and three in Dorchester, click here for more information.
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