In the early hours of December 27, 2018, a burst of gunfire on Astoria Street in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood left three people shot. Eighteen-year-old Myssiah Pledger, a Black / African American male, was found inside a car parked near 7 Dyer Street in Dorchester with a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second occupant of the vehicle suffered a leg wound and was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; a third victim later arrived at an emergency room with undisclosed injuries.

Ballistic evidence recovered on Astoria Street indicated where the shooting began. The Boston Police Homicide Unit described the case as an active, ongoing investigation and had not announced any arrests in connection with the triple shooting. If anyone was in the area that night or has information about what happened on Astoria Street or near 7 Dyer Street, please share what you know.