Guns

Grove Hall gunfire followed by arrest

By adamg - 7/7/20 - 9:19 am

Boston Police report arresting a man on gun charges by officers responding to a report of gunfire in Grove Hall around 2:10 this morning. Read more.

Some guys didn't fully blow their wad on the Fourth

By adamg - 7/5/20 - 3:26 pm

Seized fireworks

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on gun charges - and seizing "a large quantity of illegal fireworks" from his trunk - early this morning. Read more.

Woman shot to death on Stonehurst Street in Dorchester; suspect arrested

By adamg - 7/5/20 - 12:55 pm

Victim identified as Felicity Coleman, 34, of Dorchester.

Boston Police report Boston's seventh murder in less than a week: A woman shot to death at 37 Stonehurst St. around 3 a.m. Read more.

Person shot on East Newton Street in the South End

By adamg - 7/5/20 - 12:55 am

In the hand, sometime after midnight at 36 East Newton St., near Father Gilday Street. Somebody then drove the victim a couple blocks to the emergency room at Boston Medical Center.

Man shot in the leg on Dabney Street in Roxbury

By adamg - 7/3/20 - 11:15 pm

Shortly after 11 p.m. at 40 Dabney St. in Warren Gardens.

Boston Police report recovering two guns at the scene.

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Shots fired on Lexington Street in East Boston

By adamg - 7/3/20 - 10:06 pm

On Lexington Street at Putnam Street shortly before 10 p.m.

Three sought for gunpoint robbery on North End street

By adamg - 7/3/20 - 10:04 pm

A man was held up at gunpoint on Foster Street near Charter Street by three white males, one in a gray hoodie and wearing a backpack, shortly before 10 p.m. They ran towards Commercial Street.

Three arrested in Cambridge after quadruple shooting in Somerville

By adamg - 7/3/20 - 10:37 am

Cambridge Police report arresting three Cambridge residents on gun charges following a shooting that sent four to the hospital, one with life-threatening injuries, in a Somerville apartment complex off Mystic Avenue around 10 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.

Teen murdered, two others shot, on Mt. Pleasant Avenue in Roxbury

By adamg - 7/2/20 - 10:06 pm

Victim identified as Xhavier Rico.

A 15-year-old was fatally shot in the chest at 39 Mt. Pleasant Ave. shortly before 10 p.m. . Read more.

Man fatally shot in the face on Norfolk Street in Mattapan; suspect arrested

By adamg - 7/2/20 - 10:00 pm

Crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Around 8:15 p.m. on Norfolk Street at Woolson Street, Doogs reports.

Boston Police report the victim was declared dead at the scene. Read more.

Police: Guy runs Mattapan stop sign, gets stopped, gets arrested for all the fireworks and drugs and a gun in his SUV

By adamg - 7/2/20 - 12:05 pm

Seized fireworks, drugs and money. Photo by BPD.

Boston Police report arresting a Quincy man they say was driving around Mattapan last night with a lot of fireworks, as well as cocaine, marijuana and a gun. Read more.

Man fatally shot on Norfolk Street in Dorchester

By adamg - 7/2/20 - 9:01 am

Victim identified as Rashawn Washington-Clark, 45, of Dorchester.

Boston Police and WCVB report a man was shot on Norfolk Street near Elmhurst Street shortly after midnight, then managed to drive a half mile to Armandine Street and Milton Avenue. Read more.

Man fires several shots on Fuller Street in Mattapan; doesn't hit anybody

By adamg - 7/1/20 - 8:56 pm

Live Boston reports somebody fired several shots on Fuller Street at Morton Street in Mattapan around 8:40 p.m.

Police: Man was speeding around Dorchester with a gun loaded with 18 rounds

By adamg - 7/1/20 - 3:37 pm

Boston Police report officers arrested a Mattapan man on gun charges after they pulled him over for speeding at Bradshaw and Charlotte streets in Dorchester around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.

Four shot on Circuit Street in Roxbury, one dead

By adamg - 6/30/20 - 10:10 pm

Victim identified as Tierece G. Wiley, 19.

Boston Police report four people were shot at 14 Circuit Street around 7:30 p.m., One victim, shot in the chest, was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Read more.

Person shot on Elwyn Road in Dorchester

By adamg - 6/30/20 - 9:40 pm

In the hip, around 9:30 p.m. on Elwyn Road near Park Street. Injuries not considered life threatening. At least seven rounds fired.

You fall asleep with a gun tucked under your arm, odds are good you're going to know if it was loaded or not, court rules

By adamg - 6/30/20 - 10:56 am

The gun in question. Photo by BPD.

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld a Dorchester man's conviction for illegal possession of a loaded firearm, seized when Boston police officers found him asleep in a playground outside the Oliver Wendell Holmes School, the gun tucked under his arm. Read more.