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Shooting in Kirkland

By Meredith H. Keffer, Adam D. Sidman, and Sara Joe Wolansky

Unnamed photo - Justin Cosby, 21, was shot sometime before 5 p.m. Monday in J-Entry of Kirkland House. The Harvard University Police responded at approximately 4:48 p.m., and Cosby was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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Unnamed photo - A portion of Dunster Street has been blocked off starting at Mt. Auburn Street and extending south after police arrived on the scene. By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas speaks with police officers on Dunster Street. By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - At 7:20 p.m., a line of 11 Harvard and Cambridge police officers spaced themselves out across the grassy Malkin Athletic Center quad, walking toward Kirkland from the Lowell House side with heads bent as if looking for something By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - Cambridge Police Department spokesman James DeFrancesco updates members of the press on the shooting. By Meredith H. Keffer

Unnamed photo - Dental School student Jared M. Sprague supported the victim while the latter was walking down Dunster Street. By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - Dunster Street, starting from Kirland house to the its intersection with Mt. Auburn, is blocked by police tape, making it inaccessible to pedestrians and car traffic. An unidentified black man was shot sometime before 5 p.m. Monday in J-Entry of Kirkland By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - In response to a question about whether police were looking for a gunman, Cambridge Police Department spokesman James DeFrancesco responded that it was "very possible." By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - Massachusetts, Cambridge, and Harvard police were all on the scene at Dunster Street as of 6:30 p.m. Cambridge Police Department spokesman James DeFrancesco responded that it was "very possible" that the police are looking for a gunman. By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - Police investigate on Dunster Street. Droops of blood were seen in front of the Office of Career Services and by the Malkin Athletic Center. By Meredith H. Keffer

Unnamed photo - Police search for evidence around the crime scene. Officers were also seen looking through bushes outside of Winthrop House and trashcans outside of the main entrance of Kirkland House. By Meredith H. Keffer

Unnamed photo - Police secure the area on Dunster Street between Mt. Auburn Street and Kirkland House after the shooting. By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - State police joined Cambridge and Harvard police on the scene by 6:30 pm. By Meredith H. Keffer

Unnamed photo - The shooting occurred sometime before 5 p.m. Monday in J-Entry of Kirkland House. The victim was not a Kirkland student. By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - Harvard students gather in front of Kirkland House outside of the police tape blocking Dunster Street. By Adam D. Sidman

Unnamed photo - One of the Kirkland House dogs sits quietly while police investigate around the House. By Adam D. Sidman

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A shooting occurred in J-Entryway of Kirkland House on Monday, May 18, 2009. Justin Cosby, a 2005 Cambridge Rindge and Latin graduate with no known ties to Harvard University, died after being shot in the abdomen shortly before 5 p.m. on Monday.

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