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Three Wounded In Drive-By Shooting In Roslindale

ROSLINDALE (CBS) - Police are looking to the public for information on a drive-by shooting that wounded three men Thursday night.

Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans said someone inside a black van drove up to a white car on Florian Street and fired multiple rounds, hitting three men inside the vehicle.

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Three men were shot in a drive-by shooting in Roslindale. (WBZ-TV)

Officers responded to the neighborhood around 11:30 p.m. and found the three victims inside a nearby home.

Two victims were seriously hurt, while a third has minor injuries, police said.

The white car was towed from scene. Its windows were shattered by bullets.

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Three men were shot in a drive-by shooting in Roslindale. (WBZ-TV)

Investigators shut down part of the street with yellow crime tape. Officers used flashlights to investigate in the frigid cold.

Police say the crime occurred in a typically quiet residential area that does not usually see this kind of violence.

Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to call Boston police.

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