Apparent gun battle leaves lightly traveled Hyde Park intersection littered with shell casings

Boston Police responded to Providence Street and Westminster Street, between Hyde Park Avenue and the Amtrak/commuter-line tracks for what may have been a gun battle between occupants of two vehicles shortly after 1 a.m.

Officers recovered five shell casings at the intersection. No victims found at the scene, from which witnesses said two vehicles sped away down Providence towards Metropolitan.