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16-Year-Old Shot, Killed In Dorchester

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston police say a 16-year-old boy is dead while a 14-year-old youth is clinging to life after being shot multiple times.

Officers responded Geneva Street in the city's Dorchester neighborhood just before 3:30 p.m. on Sunday where they found to two victims lying in the street.

The older victim was taken to Boston Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

The younger victim was taken to the same hospital for treatment of what police called life-threatening injuries.

No names were released.

There was no immediate word on arrests or a possible motive.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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