One member of the left-wing congressional ‘Squad’ made the news again late last week after police made a horrendous discovery.
Cops in Boston discovered a woman who had been shot to death in a home owned by the convict husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and have since identified her.
Although police have not officially identified the victim, her family identified her as 18-year-old Yoseliani Marte in a GoFundMe campaign created by her mother.
In the fundraiser, Marte’s mother said her daughter was killed as a “result of domestic violence.”
Police responded to a home in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood at approximately 1:52 p.m. Saturday, where officers found the victim suffering from a single gunshot wound, according to police reports obtained by Fox News Digital.
According to public records, the home is owned by Conan Harris, who has been married to Pressley since 2014.
Pressley and Harris do not live at the two-family property, which has been reported to be a rental home, according to the Boston Herald.
The property is currently listed for sale with an asking price of $1.15 million.
A spokesperson for Pressley’s office told Boston 25 News that neither the congresswoman nor her family were involved in the incident and that Pressley extends her deepest condolences to the victim’s family and loved ones affected by the tragedy.
One neighbor told reporters the usually serene neighborhood was rocked by the large police response Saturday.
“We got home and there were police coming down the street, they blocked off with crime tape over there and neighbors gathered around,” a neighbor said, according to Boston 25 News.
“I mean it’s sad, it’s really sad because you know this neighborhood is a wonderful place to be,” the neighbor added.
Police said the manner of death remains under investigation, according to Fox News.
Boston homicide detectives began investigating after a body was discovered Saturday at a two-unit rental property in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood that is owned by Pressley’s husband.
The Boston Police Department said officers were dispatched to the property shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call to investigate a person.
Upon arriving at the residence, officers discovered a deceased person. The death remains under investigation by Boston homicide detectives, the New York Post reported.
The incident at the seven-bedroom property on Malta Street was always being investigated as a homicide, Boston Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Det. John Boyle told the Boston Globe.
Property records reviewed by the New York Post indicate the home is owned by Pressley’s husband, Conan Harris.
The Globe reported that the property was assessed at more than $919,000 this year.
A neighbor identified only as Cherill told the Globe that Boston police raided the property approximately two months ago.
According to Cherill, tenants occupied both units of the building at the time of the raid, including several high school-aged teenagers.
She added that, aside from that incident, the Mattapan neighborhood has remained relatively quiet during the 10 years she has lived there.
It is unclear whether anyone was living at the property when the body was discovered. The home was listed for sale about a month ago.
According to records previously reported by the New York Post, the two-unit property generated between $50,000 and $100,000 in rental income for the couple last year.
Chloe Turner, the real estate agent listing the property, told the Globe that the same tenants had lived there for some time but said she had no information about the events that occurred Saturday.
Pressley has been a prominent advocate for expanded housing assistance, including participating in a Capitol protest calling for federally funded rent relief.
She camped out on the Capitol steps advocating for rent relief that would have been funded by taxpayers.
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