UPDATE: Victim Identified in Washington Street Double Shooting

UPDATE: April 10, 2022

Moments ago Boston Police officially confirmed that the victim who was declared dead on scene was 31-year-old Dreshaun Johnson, of Mattapan. They went on to request the public’s assistance in this case and ask anyone with information to contact Boston Police Homicide Unit at (617) 343-4470.

Original Incident: April 8, 2022

On Friday, April 8, 2022 at approximately 22:00 hours, officers from District E5 responded to the area of 4139 Washington Street for reports of a shooting.

On arrival, two victims were located near a vehicle in front of the gas station. One victim was determined to be non-viable. The other victim was rapid transported by Boston EMS to an area hospital with serious injuries, the condition of that individual is unknown at this time.

Detectives processed the scene, and collected evidence. No further information has been released regarding this ongoing investigation.

Community members wishing to assist this investigation anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463). The Boston Police Department will stringently guard and protect the identities of all those who wish to assist this investigation in an anonymous manner.