PEABODY, Mass. — Peabody police are investigating after two people were shot Thursday night.
“My wife woke me up and said, ‘there’s a double-shooting down the street,.’ Her and the kids were scared,” said Paul Wagar, who lives on Washington Street in Peabody. “I looked out the window and there were four or five cop cars, an ambulance, and they had a black Audi surrounded.”
“They had a black Audi surrounded.”
— Julianne Lima (@JulianneLimaTV) June 25, 2021
A neighbor says a shooting victim was found outside his Washington St. home in #Peabody last night. He says @PeabodyPolice told him there was a double-shooting just up the road from his home.
Live reports all morning on @boston25 pic.twitter.com/i2HY6JpbJU
Police said a 23-year-old man from Lynn was shot in the thigh and a 23-year-old woman from Peabody was shot in the wrist. Both wounds are not considered to be life-threatening.
Wagar said officers told him one of the victims was taken to the hospital from the shooting scene and the other was driving away in the Audi when police stopped the car in front of his house. No arrests have been made, police said, but officials are searching for a silver four-door Chevy Malibu. The license plate of that car is unknown currently.
UPDATE: @PeabodyPolice say a 23-year-old man from Lynn was shot in the thigh and a 23-year-old woman from Peabody was shot in the wrist in a drive-by shooting on Veterans Memorial Drive last night. Two cars also struck by gunfire. No arrests yet @boston25 pic.twitter.com/nTvTlC3F52
— Julianne Lima (@JulianneLimaTV) June 25, 2021
“It was a crime scene,” Wagar said. “The street was blocked off, detectives everywhere.”
Boston 25 News cameras captured an Audi with a bullet hole in its driver’s side door at the intersection of Allens Lane and Washington Street. Police said that two vehicles were struck in the shooting, along with the two victims.
Peabody: 47 Veteran’s Memorial Drive, drive by shooting, report of multiple people shot, PPD and MSP on scene, second scene at Washington and Allen’s Lane, car with victim in it found at that intersection #Boston25 pic.twitter.com/4YCNtXAAN3
— Mark Parkinson (@MParkBoston25) June 25, 2021
Our crew also spotted a Honda with its back windshield shattered on Veterans Memorial Drive.
Massachusetts State Police were assisting local police at the crime scenes. Peabody police and firefighters declined to comment on the crime scenes Friday morning.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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