In the early morning hours of Saturday, November 25, 2023, a shooting in a parking area between 12 Glenville Avenue and 161 Harvard Avenue in Allston, Massachusetts, left one man dead and another injured. Marco Alfonso Sosa, 32, of Lynn, was fatally shot and pronounced dead at the scene after Boston police were alerted when two men with gunshot wounds arrived at a local hospital at about 2:27 a.m. The second victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The Boston Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Marco’s family remembers him as a devoted father to a young daughter, and as a son and brother who brought laughter and unconditional love; a memorial service was held in East Boston on December 3, 2023. If anyone has information about the shooting, please contact the Homicide Unit or the anonymous tip line.