The man who was shot and killed in Dorchester Wednesday night has been identified as 21-year-old Natho C. Bellegarde.
Police responded to the area around 96 Intervale St. at around 8:40 p.m. where they found Bellegarde suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Responders transported him to Boston Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
Natho Bellegarde
Bellegarde was with his uncle and had just left Hartwell Street, where his mother and grandmother live, according to the Boston Globe. Bellegarde was riding scooters with his uncle and stopped on Intervale Street. At that point, a witness told the Globe, a man got out of a vehicle, walked up to Bellegarde and began shooting.
The witness said the block on which the shooting occurred was filled with people at the time.
Bellegarde had a 1-year-old son and worked as a concrete mason, according to the Globe. The Trinity Boston Foundation remembered Bellegarde as a “bright and hardworking young man” who ran with the foundation’s Sole Train community building and mentoring program.
Detectives are working to solve Bellegarde’s homicide and ask anyone with information to call the homicide unit at 617-373-4470. Anonymous tipsters can call the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS, or can text the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27643).
