David Wood was a 51-year-old Black man from Boston who was shot and killed in broad daylight on April 27, 2022, in the Roxbury neighborhood. Shortly after 11:40 a.m., police responded to Wabeno and Wyoming streets and found Wood suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting took place in a residential area a short distance from William Monroe Trotter Elementary School and about a block from Boston Latin Academy, prompting a precautionary lockdown at Trotter while officers cleared the area.

Neighbors remembered Wood as a familiar, helpful presence who worked as a mechanic and assisted people in the neighborhood. Initial reports did not disclose a motive, and no arrest was publicly announced for several months. A Suffolk Superior Court grand jury later led authorities to seek Timothy Timson. Timson was arrested in Manhattan on November 27, 2022, and extradited to Massachusetts. An earlier trial ended in a mistrial, and by June 2, 2026, Timson was expected to plead guilty to manslaughter rather than continue to a new homicide trial. Does anyone in Roxbury have information about Wood’s last known movements or the shooting near Wabeno and Wyoming streets?