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Two men killed in unrelated shootings

Deaths occurred in Jamaica Plain, Theater District

Two men in their 20s were killed in unrelated fatal shootings over the weekend, one Friday evening and another early Saturday morning. Residents returning from work said they encountered a scene of “total chaos’’ in the Forest Hills section of Jamaica Plain after the first shooting at around 6:30 p.m. on Friday. In a separate incident around 2 a.m. Saturday, Boston Police responded to a 911 call reporting a man had been shot at 290 Tremont St., near Eliot Norton Park in the Tufts Medical Center area.

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How many people have to stabbed and or shot in that area before the city cracks down. At least the ER is only block away.