STOUGHTON — Chief Donna McNamara reports that the Stoughton Police Department responded Friday night to a shooting on McEachron Drive.
On Friday, Feb. 24, at approximately 11:20 p.m., the Stoughton Police Department received 911 calls reporting gunshots in the area of McEachron Drive.
Responding units located shell casings on McEachron Drive in the area of Murray Circle but were not able to find any victims at the scene.
Officers were sent to the Good Samaritan Hospital to see if anyone had arrived with gunshot wounds and discovered that a teenage male was in the Emergency Room being treated for gunshot wounds. That male was later transferred to a hospital in Boston with injuries that appeared to be serious.
Stoughton Police are conducting an active and ongoing investigation into this incident, and believe the shooting was targeted and not random in nature. Stoughton Police are being assisted by Randolph Police, Brockton Police and Massachusetts State Police.
A description of the shooting suspect is not available. Police are asking all residents in the area to check their home security cameras for any footage that could assist the investigation.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Stoughton Police at 781-344-2424.