Closer to Home

This recently happened right on my street. There's not much to say, but it's sad. In the words of one of my kids, "Man, the shootings is getting insane." Later, I saw a bus with a sign on it that said, "More drama than driving in Boston traffic." Irony.

An unidentified male was being sought Thursday after he allegedly fired as many as five gunshots into a small clot of teenagers outside the emergency room of Tufts New England Medical Center in Chinatown, authorities said.

One bullet struck a young man in the leg, officials from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said. Another shot lodged in the driver’s side of a nearby Silver Line bus, they said. No one on the crowded bus was injured, and passengers were put on another bus, police said.

The suspect, who authorities believe is a teenager, fired his weapon about 5 p.m. and then ran across Washington Street, between the Josiah Quincy Elementary School and Quincy Tower, witnesses and MBTA officials said.

Police roped off Oak Street in front of the Wang YMCA of Chinatown and searched neighboring buildings and around the school with dogs.