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Victim In Dorchester Shooting Dies

DORCHESTER (CBS) -- One of the three people injured in two different Dorchester shootings Sunday night has died, Boston Police said.

Two men were shot around 8:40 p.m. Sunday on Thane Street. Both were taken to an area hospital, but one of the men, in his late 20s, was pronounced dead.

The other victim of that shooting, a man in his 30s, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police blocked off the road with crime tape, and could be seen inspecting a car that appeared to have a window shot out.

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Police on scene of a reported shooting at Thane Street in Dorchester. (WBZ-TV)

In a separate shooting a few blocks away on Harvard Street around 10:12 p.m., a woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Police said she is expected to be okay.

Katie Maguire, a mother of five, told WBZ-TV's Anna Meiler she witnessed the terrible aftermath of the Thane Street shooting.

"All of a sudden, we just heard multiple shots just ring out one after another," Maguire said.

She said the shooting turned a quiet night at home watching cartoons with her kids into a nightmare.

"There were people on the ground, there were ambulances and fire trucks here almost instantly," Maguire said. "I had to pull my kids away from the window, I didn't want them to see that kind of thing."

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Two people were shot on Thane Street in Dorchester Sunday night. (Photo credit: Anna Meiler - WBZ-TV).

The violence unfolded right next to an elementary school. As buses pulled up Monday morning and kids filled the schoolyard, parents and guardians worried.

"It's very scary," said neighbor Darlene Burton. "Thank God it didn't happen while the kids were coming to school."

The man killed in the Thane Street shooting has not yet been identified. No arrests have been made.

Boston Police were investigating whether the two shootings were related. They are asking anyone with information to contact them.

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