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Body With Gunshot Wounds Found In Boston Cemetery

BOSTON (CBS) -- Police are investigating the discovery of a male gunshot victim whose body was found Saturday morning in Mattapan's Calvary Cemetery.

At about 10:46 a.m. Saturday, police officers were dispatched to Calvary Cemetery on Harvard Street in response to an emergency call. When they arrived, the officers saw a male victim inside the Mattapan cemetery suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, police said.

EMS workers were dispatched to the scene and the victim was pronounced dead.

Homicide detectives are investigating the incident, police said. Anyone with information is encouraged to call detectives at (617) 343-4470.

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