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.

BOSTON — A Dorchester mother and child who were shot in front of their Stratton Street home Monday night are expected to survive, according to a family member. “My daughter is OK. Her son is doing well. I believe in God, I believe in justice,” Fatima Depina Ortiz said Tuesday afternoon.

A woman and her toddler were shot late Monday night in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, and the search is on for the shooter, who’s still at large. The child had life-threatening injuries while his mother was expected to survive,