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Dorchester gas-station attendant murdered in robbery attempt, police say; suspect arrested

By adamg on Sat, 10/06/2018 - 11:45pm

Updated, 9:50 a.m., Sunday.

An attendant in his early 60s at the Fabian gas station on Washington Street at Melville Avenue was shot during a robbery attempt around 11:35 p.m.

Boston Police report the man was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

A short time after the shooting, police stopped a man on Dorchester Avenue and Centre Street who matched witnesses's descriptions of the shooter.

Kevin Williams, 21, is scheduled for arraignment on Tuesday in Dorchester Municipal Court on murder and other charges.

WCVB reports the victim was Jose Luis Phinn Williams, whose 68th birthday would have been Monday.

2018 murders in Boston.

Innocent, etc.

Updates: 
Court gives police limited ability to sift through tens of thousands of phone records to link somebody to a crime, in case involving murder of a Codman Square gas-station attendant - 4/1/22
Man arrested for murder of Codman Square gas-station attendant in October - 4/8/19
DA formally withdraws murder charge against man for death of Codman Square gas-station attendant - 11/16/18
DA moves to release suspect in Dorchester gas-station murder as investigation widens - 11/9/18
Dorchester, Mattapan murder suspects say they didn't do it; held without bail - 10/9/18
Williams
Fund set up for family of man murdered at Dorchester gas station - 10/8/18
Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
Topics: 
Crime
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Washington Street
Codman Square
Murder
Jose Luis Phinn Williams


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By Jennifer Miller on Tue, 10/09/2018 - 8:07pm.

What a warm, kind man. He loved his homeland of Cuba with passion. Such a tragedy.

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