Breidy Martinez was fatally shot while riding a scooter on York Street in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on the morning of July 15, 2026. Officers from the B-3 District arrived near 15 York Street at about 11:53 a.m. and found the 29-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound. Boston EMS responded and Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene. The Boston Police Homicide Unit opened an active investigation into the daylight shooting.

Family and friends held a visitation on July 22, 2026, at a Roxbury funeral home and issued announcements inviting mourners to send flowers or light a candle in his memory. Investigators worked the case publicly and sought community assistance in the weeks after the killing.

On August 5, 2026, the Boston Police Fugitive Unit arrested 32-year-old Hensly Dominique Jeanty of Dorchester on a warrant issued out of Dorchester District Court. Jeanty was charged with Martinez’s murder and with multiple firearm offenses, including unlawful possession of a loaded firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. Anyone with information about Martinez or the shooting is asked to come forward.