Boston Police report detectives rushed to a Franklin Park playground off Walnut Avenue yesterday morning when somebody playing with several young children noticed a gun just lying at the base of a tree.
The Smith & Wesson .41 Magnum revolver ... was fully loaded and the hammer was cocked. The firearm was rendered safe and recovered by detectives.
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Wow...
By tcf098
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 4:23pm
That's one hell of a hand cannon for your average gang banger to be carrying around (presuming thats where it came from), since that thing has some respectable recoil when fired. I'd love to know how it came to be lying there. It doesn't take much force to pull the trigger on a revolver once it's cocked, so I'm glad nobody got hurt, especially considering it was found in a freaking playground of all places.
What do you think...
By Anonymous
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 7:24pm
dropped while fleeing law enforcement?
Trying to kill kids?
By BostonDog
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 5:18pm
This sort of thing seems like it was left out by a psychopath who was hoping some kid would find it and shoot a friend thinking it was a toy. Depressing.
Depressing AND terrifying.
By issacg
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 6:19pm
The thought of a young child, like my two year old, innocently walking over and picking that up...
I want to throw up. I suppose that I should make a little less fun of the "don't touch anything, ever, anywhere!" parents.
Pendantic question
By anon
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 5:19pm
That JP, not Roxbury?
Blurred lines
By Valerie
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 5:51pm
It is crazy to think that criminals stay with in town lines. They drive and run amuck all over the city. They even crossover into blessed Brookline
Sarcasm noted
By anon
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 7:48pm
I never thought of that side of Washington as being in JP north of Eggleston. Bad news anywhere obvs.
The playground is in JP but
By anon
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 6:00pm
The playground is in JP but North Walnut entrance is not so I guess it depends on which tree the gun laid under. Hope that helps.
DAMNIT, I missed out on a
By VolksDragon
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 5:22pm
DAMNIT, I missed out on a free pistol. That is RIGHT at the top of the hill where we live!
:P
Ya
By anon
Wed, 04/22/2015 - 5:47pm
If the barrel or firing pin is rusted it could blow your hand off.
Revolver appears to be jammed
By john smith
Fri, 04/24/2015 - 7:49pm
Revolver appears to be jammed and non-functional: trigger is all the way back but hasn't dropped the hammer. You'd have to take this one apart and remove what ever is jamming the trigger and hammer before it would work.
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