BOSTON — Boston Police have identified a man who was shot and killed Thursday night in Charlestown.
Police said they were called around 7:30 p.m. to 74 Decatur Street in Charlestown for a car accident and shots fired.
When they arrived on scene, they found Wildeny Tejeda-Mejia, 24, of Lynn, and another man sitting in a car suffering from gunshot wounds.
Tejeda-Mejia was pronounced dead on scene, police said, while the second man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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During a news conference Thursday night, Boston Police Commissioner William Gross said the fatal shooting is the first homicide this year in Charlestown.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Boston Police Homicide Detectives at (617) 343-4470.
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