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FROM MATTAPAN. BOSTON POLICE SAY JUST BEFORE 2:00 THIS MORNING, SHOTSPOTTER DETECTED GUNFIRE COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE HOME BEHIND ME. 718 CUMMINS HIGHWAY. WHILE OFFICERS WERE RUSHING HERE TO THE SCENE, 911 CALLS STARTED COMING IN FROM THE SAME ADDRESS, REPORTING A PERSON SHOT ONE. WERE TRYING TOURNIQUET NOW. START APPLYING A TOURNIQUET NOW. BPD SAYS ARRIVING OFFICERS FOUND A 19 YEAR OLD MAN SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. VIDEO FROM OVERNIGHT SHOWS A LARGE BOSTON POLICE PRESENCE ON SCENE, INCLUDING A K-9 SEARCHING FOR THE SHOOTER AND SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE. THIS MORNING WE SPOKE WITH A FRIEND OF THE VICTIM WHO SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE THIS MORNING AFTER HEARING ABOUT HIS FRIEND WHO WAS SHOT OVERNIGHT AND WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. WE ALL KNOW THESE THINGS HAPPEN OUT OF NOWHERE, SO I DONT KNOW IF IT WAS MEANT FOR HIM OR NOT. IM JUST GLAD THAT HES OKAY IN THE LIGHT OF DAY. YOU CAN SEE GLASS FROM THE FRONT DOOR SHATTERED. THERE ARE SHARDS OF GLASS ALL OVER THE FRONT STEPS. THERES ALSO A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BULLET HOLE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. BOSTON POLICE SAY THE VICTIM HAS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.