Submitted by _life_is_a_joke_ t3_yccujx in WorcesterMA
Classes are cancelled for the day, and no one is allowed onto campus until further notice. (evening classes will proceed as scheduled, until further notice)
Worcester police investigate shooting on Burncoat Street Mike Elfland Telegram & Gazette
WORCESTER - Police are investigating a shooting on Burncoat Street Monday morning.
One person is being treated for gunshot wounds, police said.
The shooting, at 480 Burncoat St., was reported about 8:40 a.m.
Schools in the area, including Quinsigamond Community College, were put on lockdown for more than an hour after the shooting.
The college, on West Boylston Street, eventually announced that all day classes were canceled.
At midmorning, yellow police tape bordered the single-family house at 480 Burncoat St. Police officers kept watch on the property.
"At this time, we do not believe there is a threat to the public," police wrote on social media.
Lockdown lifted. Campus is now open only for services. Classes are still cancelled.
It was indeed a shooting, the victim died. Sad stuff.
This was right down the street from me and the police said there's no reason to worry, while having no suspects and no idea where to begin
Why does thuis seem to happen a lot in Worcester
Worcester was #10 in Massachusetts last year in terms of violent crime rate (not too bad considering we are the 2nd largest city): https://thisweekinworcester.com/fbi-2021-most-dangerous-cities-in-mass/
The rankings in that article are per capita. Total violent offenses puts Worcester at #3, behind Boston and Springfield.
Per capita is the only proper way to stat my friend.
That was errorsource’s point
More specifically, my point was that saying it’s number 10 even though it’s the second largest city is misleading. The size of the city isn’t relevant to per capita numbers.
Fair enough, I would say that qualitatively one would expect higher crime rates in larger cities, just by virtue of their density (and the somewhat greater concentration of poverty, drug dealing, etc.). Relative to crime rates in other major cities in MA, we aren't really an outlier. If you just want to look at how often we hear about crimes, then yes the absolute number comes into play, and we are on the high end because of population (still better than Springfield which has fewer people).
2,984 reported cases of assault. Yikes
There was another shooting in the area last night a 9 pm. 6 rounds fired next to Wawecus elementary school. Probably retaliation.
doublesecretprobatio t1_itlebgc wrote
just drove by. police have a perimeter around a house. lots of upset people outside. news is there, didn't catch who, probably Spectrum.