Person shot at JP’s Jackson Square MBTA station, Boston police say – NBC Boston

A man was shot near an MBTA station in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood on Monday afternoon.

The shooting was reported shortly after 2:30 p.m. near 245 Centre Street, Boston police said. That address is the Jackson Square Orange Line stop, where a large police presence was seen shortly afterward.

Officers arrived on scene and found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police said they arrested a person on a scooter who matched the description of the wanted person. A firearm was recovered. The person’s name was not immediately released.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Boston police.

It was not immediately clear whether MBTA service was affected by the shooting.