In the early morning hours of Saturday, April 27, 2024, 42-year-old George Deeble Jr., a Black/African American man from Dorchester, was found suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds near Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street in Mattapan. Boston police from the B-3 District and Boston EMS responded; Deeble was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. The shooting was the city’s first homicide after a two-month lull.

The Boston Police Homicide Unit opened an investigation and asked the community for information, offering anonymity for those who came forward. More than a month later, on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 4, 2024, members of the Boston Police Fugitive Unit arrested 37-year-old Mattapan resident Triston Jules near Talbot Avenue and Whitfield Street on a Suffolk Superior Court murder warrant; he was expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court. The Homicide Unit continues to review the facts and circumstances of the case.

Does anyone in Mattapan have information about George Deeble or the area around Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street that could help investigators?