A shooting at a barbershop near Boston left one man dead and another injured on Labor Day after a gunman walked in and opened fire on two customers, CBS News reported.
Police arrived just before 1 p.m. at the Exclusive Barbershop and Salon, located at the intersection of Erie St. and Washington St., in response to reports of two people being shot. Emergency workers transported both men to the hospital, where one was pronounced dead, while the other remains in critical but stable condition.
Boston Police Deputy Superintendent Paul McLaughlin stated that this was the second deadly shooting on Washington Street within a week. He noted that the victims appeared to have come to the salon for haircuts and indicated that this incident does not seem to be a random act of violence.
“I heard the shots and I stood up. I saw three kids come out and then I saw the actual gunman, dressed all in black. And he ran right across the street,” said Javier Nieves, a nearby resident, to WCBV5.
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Witnesses inside the barbershop described the gunman approaching the first victim while he was getting a haircut and shooting him