Two guys were walking down a Roxbury street with loaded guns, police say
Boston Police report arresting two men a 911 caller reported were walking down Savin Street in Roxbury Friday night, at least until officers arrived and then try tried to run away, but failed - one also then failed to hide in some grass that wasn't tall enough to cover him, police say.
According to police, Zakiya Pierre, 19, of Everett and Jaydan Depina, 18, of Cambridge, were ambling down Savin towards Blue Hill Avenue when officers arrived around 10:20 p.m.
As soon as these two individuals, later identified as Pierre and Depina, made eye contact with Officers, they began running inbound on Blue Hill Ave., attempting to flee while clutching their waistbands. Officers exited their vehicle and gave chase.
While one Officer pursued Depina, several other Officers pursued Pierre and apprehended him on Woodcliff St., recovering a firearm from the front pocket of his hooded sweatshirt.
During the pursuit of Depina, the pursuing Officer witnessed Depina make a throwing motion, followed by the sound of a metallic object hitting another metallic object in a yard located on Dove St. Additional Officers arrived to this location and continued to pursue Depina while the Officer who observed the throw returned to Dove St. to canvas the area for what he believed to be a discarded firearm.
Depina was eventually apprehended in the backyard of a residence located on Howard Ave., while he was attempting to hide by laying down in grass. Officers canvassed the area of Dove St. and recovered a second firearm located between a fence and an air conditioning unit.
District B-2 Detectives responded and recovered both firearms. The firearm recovered from Pierres pocket was determined to be a Rock Island Firearm .45, loaded with 1 round in the chamber and 9 rounds of ammunition in the magazine.
The firearm recovered in Dove St. was determined to be a Bersa Thunder 380, loaded with 1 round in the chamber and 6 rounds of ammunition in the magazine.
Both men were charged with illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of a loaded firearm and illegal possession of ammunition, police say.
Innocent, etc.
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I wonder if the BPD can find
I wonder if the BPD can find out where the guns came from? If the serial numbers aren't obscured in some way they should be able to find the original owner or if they were not stolen which retailer sold them to whom. I've got a felling that may be part of an ongoing investigation. At least I hope it is.
I’d bet money they came from
I’d bet money they came from NH