18-year-old found dead in home owned by congresswoman’s husband had been shot, cops say

Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio, 18, was fatally shot on July 18 inside a Mattapan, Massachusetts, home. The rental property is owned by Conan Harris, the husband of US Representative Ayanna Pressley - (GoFundMe)

The death of an 18-year-old woman found shot inside a Boston rental property owned by the husband of U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley has been officially ruled a homicide, authorities announced Thursday.

The Boston Police Department formally identified the victim as Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio, of Boston. Officers responding to a call at 1:52 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, found Ocasio dead in a rear bedroom at 25 Malta Road in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood, according to a police report shared with The Independent.