Hyde Park Avenue Shooting Victim Was in His 20s

A man in his 20s was shot and killed inside 132 Hyde Park Ave. on Friday evening.

Police say they received a call at 6:28 p.m. for a person shot. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Neighbors say that police have been called frequently to that address for disturbances.

A neighbor, who lives on a nearby street, Tweeted that the person had been shot in the head:

That was horrible. People crying in the street.

As of Saturday morning, police did not have anyone in custody as a suspect.

A commenter on a Boston Herald article about the death claims to be an older sibling of the victim:

This young man was my little brother Mariano Jr Malave. We just had a birthday party for him on Sunday April 22nd. He attended ITT Technical Institute and worked at Home Depot in Avon MA. Mariano got his life on track, he was actually loving life again and now he has been taken from us through a senseless crime.

Patch cannot confirm the authenticity of this comment. Police said Saturday morning they did not have a name to release.

Friday evening police blocked off the sidewalk on that side of Hyde Park Avenue with crime scene tape. The homicide took place inside a three-family house.

This is the first homicide in Jamaica Plain in more than six months. Kenny "Black" Soto was stabbed to death outside the in October 2011.

If you have information about the Hyde Park Avenue shooting, police ask you to call the Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470. Anonymous tips can be called in to 800-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).