A shooting early Tuesday left a toddler and three others dead, and a fifth person was hospitalized and not expected to survive, police said. There have been no arrests, and outraged city officials asked residents for help.
Police responded to gunfire in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood just after 1 a.m. Two men and a woman found in the street were pronounced dead at the scene.
The toddler, 2 or 3, died later at the hospital, police said. Another man was reported in critical condition and authorities did not expect him to live.
A man comforts a grieving woman near the scene of a shooting in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Five people, including a toddler, were shot, according to police. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
A Boston police officer speaks to a neighbor, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, near the scene of an early morning shooting in which five people including a toddler were shot in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
A pair of Boston police officers, walk towards the crime scene perimeter Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, following an early morning shooting in which five people including a toddler were shot in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Boston police speak near the scene of a shooting in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, following an early morning shooting in which five people including a toddler were shot in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
A police officer and dog search for evidence near the scene of a shooting in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, following an early morning shooting in which five people including a toddler were shot in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)