The first Boston murder victim of 2024 has been identified as Nilton Fernandes, 24, of Dorchester.
Boston Police responded to the area of 34 High St. in Dorchester a little before 5:30 a.m. Monday, New Year’s Day, for a report of a person shot. Responders pronounced Fernandes, who had clearly been shot, dead at the scene.
Police ask that anyone with any information about Fernandes’ killing to contact homicide detectives at 617-343-4470 or to provide information anonymously through the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS (8477) or by texting the word “TIP” to CRIME (27463).
Another shooting in the New Year
Police also responded Monday night to the area of 27 Washington St. in Roxbury where they found a teenage girl suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
She was taken to a local hospital and treated. Her alleged shooter, however, wasn’t far.
Police say that witnesses pointed them toward 20 Castlegate Road. After several tries at the door, three people came out of the target apartment and police identified one of them as their suspect.
Police arrested Avante Young-Dabney, 19, of Dorchester, that night for the girl’s shooting. They charged him with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, and armed assault with intent to murder.
