BOSTON - A mother and her 2-year-old son were shot in Boston late Monday night. Police were called to the corner of Stratton and Ames streets in Dorchester around 11:40 p.m. and found the woman and the child suffering from gunshot wounds in a driveway.

A baby was shot in the head and mom in the torso in a Dorchester driveway in what the police commissioner is calling a “heinous” and “cowardly” act. Commissioner Michael Cox is also asking for the public’s help — “we really need

An investigation is underway after police say a woman and a baby were shot in Boston late Monday night. Officers rushed over to Stratton Street in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood following a Shot Spotter activation around 11:40 p.