New England in brief – High school athlete shot with BB gun
Boston.com -  February 21, 2010

A high school track and field athlete was shot in the head with a BB gun last night while warming up for a race outside the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury. The 17-year-old boy was jogging near Shawmut Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard when an unidentified male in his late teens or early 20s shot him shortly before 6:20 p.m., according to the police report. Boston police spokesman Eddy Chrispin said the youth was transported to Children’s Hospital Boston and treated for an abrasion. Details on his condition were not immediately available last night.