On a cold evening in Boston, on February 6, 2018, the life of Dwayne Nelson, a 27-year-old Black/African American man, was tragically cut short. The incident occurred at the intersection of Norton Street and Bowdoin Street in the Dorchester neighborhood. At approximately 7:54 PM, gunshots rang out, and Nelson was fatally wounded. When emergency services arrived, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dwayne Nelson was identified as the city's seventh homicide victim of the year.
The investigation into his death became one of a number of violent crime cases in Boston during 2018. Despite the efforts of the Boston Police Department, information regarding a suspect or suspects in the shooting has not been publicly released. The case has been described as potentially unsolved, or the details of the investigation have not been disclosed to the public. As a result, there has been no announcement of any arrests made in connection with the murder of Dwayne Nelson.
