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Pereshah-Saphir Shear-Yashub

Death by Force
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On the night of May 31, 2024, Pereshah-Saphir Shear-Yashub, a 27-year-old Black/African American woman from Boston, Massachusetts, was fatally shot. The incident occurred just after 11:15 p.m. outside a residence on Edson Street in the Dorchester neighborhood. Boston police responded to reports of a shooting and found Shear-Yashub suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was quickly transported to a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

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  • Fall River Reporter: Police release name of 27-year-old Taunton woman who died from gunshot wounds, remembered as full of life
  • NECN: Woman killed in Dorchester shooting, police say
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    Victim Details

    Pereshah-Saphir Shear-Yashub

    Female

    Black / African American

    Boston

    MA

    2024-05-31

    27

    Pereshah-Saphir

    Shear-Yashub

    11/07/2025

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