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Boston Police Investigate Body Found With Gunshot Wounds In Mattapan Cemetery

BOSTON (AP) — Investigators are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man whose body was found in a cemetery in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood.

Police say officers responding to a radio call for a person shot in the area of Calvary Cemetery found the victim with apparent gunshot wounds on Saturday morning.

Emergency medical workers who responded to the scene pronounced the man dead.

Homicide detectives are investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding the killing.

Police ask anyone with information to call detectives.

Police did not immediately release the man's identity.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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