Man, 8-year-old girl shot in Boston neighborhoods Saturday night

BOSTON — Two people – including an 8-year-old girl – were shot in Boston Saturday night just about a mile apart.

In one incident, emergency responders say a man was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after he was shot on Bragdon Street in Roxbury.

Police say the 8-year-old girl was shot just about 15 minutes before that on Heath Street in Jamaica Plain around midnight. The girl’s mother’s boyfriend tells Boston 25 that they were visiting his apartment when the gunfire erupted. He says Jakayla was playing just outside his front door when she was grazed by the two bullets.

“She’s innocent… that’s a baby for crying out loud… a baby girl. She has nothing to do with no violence,” said Mariano Caribe, mother’s boyfriend.

Investigators believe at least 15 rounds were fired.

Caribe says Jakayla was grazed on her shoulder and on her side as she played outside with chalk. She is at Boston Medical Center and is expected to make a full recovery.

Investigators aren’t sure if this was a targeted attack or if the girl was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Both shootings are under investigation.

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