On the evening of November 6, 2022, a burst of gunfire in a Mattapan neighborhood left 48-year-old Edwin Pizarro with fatal gunshot wounds. The shooting occurred around 9:15 p.m. outside Pizarro’s apartment building on an Orlando Street block. Another person was also struck and taken to a nearby hospital; that victim was expected to survive. That night included two other, separate shootings in Boston, bringing the total number shot across the city to six, with Pizarro the only fatality.

Pizarro was a member of a large family, one of eleven siblings, and relatives described him as a loving father. Boston police had made no arrests in the Mattapan shooting during the initial investigation, which remains active as authorities seek information from the public. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Pizarro that could help the investigation, please share what is known with Boston police.