Teen Arrested After South End Shooting

SOUTH END, MA — Early Sunday morning after a shooting on West Newton Street, police arrested a teen and charged him in connection with it.

About 12:38 a.m. on Sunday, June 2, officers on a directed patrol saw two men running on Al Street away from West Newton Street. Just as the two men were running past, dispatch notified police over the radio that shots were fired in the area of 100 West Newton st.

Because it was so close by, officers said they attempted to speak with the men, but the two apparently did not stop to talk with police, so police ran after them. During the foot pursuit, officers lost sight of one of the men but saw the second crouch down between two vehicles in the area of 111 West Concord St.

Officers caught up to the man and found a Custom Trace firearm loaded with two rounds of live ammunition, from inside of his sweatshirt pocket. Detectives, meanwhile, found ballistic evidence in the area of 100 West Newton Street as well as a motor vehicle with ballistic damage.

Officers arrested the 17-year-old juvenile male of Boston. The man is expected to be arraigned in Boston Juvenile Court on charges of Delinquent to Wit: Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Discharging a Firearm, within 500 Feet of a Dwelling, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Removal of a Firearm Serial Number, and Malicious Destruction of Property.