Moccia said police arrived shortly after the call and found a dead body in the area of the home. Sergeant Detective John Boyle, another spokesperson for the department, described the situation as a “death investigation.”
City records show the seven-bedroom home is owned by Pressley’s husband, Conan Harris. The home was built in 1910 and was valued this year at more than $919,000, according to property records.
A spokesperson for Pressley said in a statement that the home is a rental property. “The congresswoman extends her deepest condolences to the impacted family,” the statement said.
The couple lives in the Hyde Park neighborhood, according to Pressley’s website.
On Saturday afternoon, a Boston police officer stood guard at the door of the blue house Saturday afternoon. Red crime scene tape was draped around the freshly-painted white picket fence, and a for-sale sign was propped up in the yard.
Officers at the scene declined to comment on whether anyone was living at the house and referred a reporter to police media relations.
Chantae Turner, the realtor who is selling the property, said it went on the market about a month ago.
The same tenants had been living in the house for “a while,” she said.
Turner said she didn’t know any details about what happened Saturday.
“It sounds unfortunate, though,” she said. Turner declined to comment further about the circumstances or the seller of the house.
Loide Semdo, who lives halfway down the street, said she did not hear anything earlier in the day but felt fearful for her three young children.
“It’s sad,” said Semdo, 40. “I’ve been here seven years, and I have three kids. Of course, I’m scared. I saw so many cops outside.”
Another neighbor said she recalled the house being raided by police two months ago, shortly before it was put up for sale.
At the time, there were tenants on each floor, including high school-aged teenagers, said the neighbor, Cherill, who declined to give her last name.
Otherwise, the street has been relatively quiet, said Cherill, who has lived in her home for 10 years.
She didn’t hear any commotion on Saturday until she received a call from her daughter, whose Uber home couldn’t pull into the street because it had been blocked off by police.
Harris attended a renaming ceremony Saturday morning at the Shaw-Roxbury Branch Library dedicated to Boston’s first female black TV reporter Sarah-Ann Shaw. He delivered remarks at the podium on behalf of Pressley.
Correspondent Hannah Goeke contributed to this report.
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