March 11, 2008

Community Alert - North Cambridge Shooting Incident - 3/11/08

Shooting on Montgomery Street.
3/11/08, 1:48 am

During the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 11th at approximately 01:48 a.m., a report was received of gun shots being fired in the vicinity of Montgomery Street & Francis Place.  Subsequently to that report, a subject arrived at Cambridge Hospital with gun shot wounds to the arm and chest.  During the course of the investigation, it was learned that shooting took place at 22 Montgomery Street. 

Officers secured the scene until a search warrant could be obtained for the purposes of conducting a further investigation.  There is every indication at this stage of the investigation to believe that the shooting was an isolated incident, and that the victim was the intended target of the shooting. 

Presently, the victim is in stable condition.  There is an active and aggressive investigation being conducted by the Cambridge Police Department. 

Any information that you may have relative to this incident should be directed to the attention of Detective/Sergeant John Fulkerson.  Sergeant Fulkerson can be reached at (617) 349-3356 or by contacting the Emergency Communications Center at (617) 349-3300.