For Immediate Release: 8/27/2023 10:46 pm
On August 27th 2023 at about 6 PM, officers assigned to the Caribbean Festival at Institute Park heard gunshots from the area of Salisbury and Boynton St. This caused a chaotic scene in which the large crowd was attempting to run to safety. Officers located a fifteen-year-old shooting victim and a twenty-three-year-old shooting victim and assisted both medically until they were both transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The crowd dispersed and the follow-up investigation began.
The initial investigation revealed that gunfire was exchanged on Boynton St near the intersection on Salisbury St. Both shooting victims appear to be innocent bystanders who were unrelated to the dispute and were not intentionally targeted.
This investigation is ongoing. If you have information about this incident, please send an anonymous text to 274637 TIPWPD + your message or send an anonymous web based message at worcesterma.gov/police. Calls can also be made to the Worcester Police Detective Bureau at (508) 799-8651.
