The double shooting in Back Bay Saturday night that left one man dead was part of a wave of violence in Boston that stretched into Sunday, when one person was killed and another person injured in separate shootings.
The fatal shooting at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in Dorchester capped several days of gun violence. The male victim was shot at the corner of Washington and Kenwood streets, according to police, who did not release the victim’s age.
Officers were investigating the scene near Flora’s Beauty Supply shop, where a passerby said, “There’s no deterrents for kids on the street,’’ before walking away.
At a Walgreens across the street, a salesman said he heard “a couple of shots.’’ Another employee said she heard shots. Neither wanted to be identified.
The Suffolk district attorney’s office is investigating the Sunday evening shooting, said spokesman Jake Wark.
Earlier in the day, a shooting at 11 a.m. at 608 Shawmut Ave. in Roxbury left one person with non-life-threatening injuries, said Boston police spokeswoman Officer Rachel McGuire. That victim was transported to Boston Medical Center, she said. No other details were released Sunday.
On Saturday night, about 9:30 p.m., police said they found two men in their 20s suffering from gunshot wounds inside a car on Gloucester Street, near Boylston Street.
Both victims were taken to a local hospital, according to McGuire. One of the men later died; the other man’s injuries were not considered to be life-threatening, according to Boston police.
Police Superintendent Kevin Buckley told reporters at the scene Saturday that the shooting “did not appear to be a random act.’’
The spate of violence started Thursday, when a man in his 20s was fatally shot at 31 Whittier St. in Roxbury. Later that day, two other men were found shot in a car at a parking lot at the corner of Washington Street and Columbia Road in Dorchester. One man later died, while the other suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Sunday night marked Boston’s fourth fatal shooting this year, according to police.
During the same period last year, the city had one victim of a fatal shooting: Khisean Desvarieux, 19, of Dorchester, who was killed Jan. 9, 2017, near a community center in the Orchard Gardens housing development in Roxbury.
The double shooting in Back Bay Saturday occurred near the Select Oyster Bar, which was serving dinners, said Michael Serpa, the restaurant’s chef and partner, in an e-mail Sunday.
No one inside the restaurant heard or saw the shooting, but the car allegedly involved was in front of the restaurant, Serpa said. “The police response was impressive and they had the streets nearby blocked off in minutes and started to investigate. Apparently not a random act, but obviously still troubling,’’ Serpa said.
Ryan McCormick, who lives and works in the Back Bay, was walking along Boylston Street from his job at about 9:45 p.m. when he saw police searching a parked car with its doors open at the intersection with Gloucester Street. He described a heavy police presence in the area, but said he didn’t know it was a double shooting until Sunday.
McCormick, 24, said Sunday’s shooting won’t change his routine, calling it a “freak incident.’’
“I feel this area is super safe. I walk through this area all the time,’’ said McCormick.
Maureen Toomey, 43, who also lives and works in the neighborhood, said it’s “not completely uncommon’’ to hear about violence in a city. She grew up in New Bedford, she said, and has lived in Boston for 12 years, including five in Back Bay. “It’s an unfortunate incident,’’ said Toomey. “I don’t think it makes me feel any less safe.’’
Gavin Winter, 20, a student at Northeastern University, said he was surprised to hear of a shooting near the busy restaurants in that area on a Saturday night. In Back Bay, he said, the worst crime he had heard of was bicycle theft.
“It’s shocking,’’ said Winter, because “it happened here in this area that is frequented by tourists. It’s part of the city that is seen by a lot of people.’’
John Hilliard can be reached at john.hilliard@globe.com.
