Police rack up four arrests and three loaded guns in two Mission Hill foot chases

Boston Police report arresting three men and a teenager on gun charges early this morning after two chases that began when gang-unit officers noticed some guys hanging out in a McGreevey Way parking lot.

Police say gang officers were patrolling the area due to an upsurge in gang and violence reports in the area when they noticed the men in the parking lot at 64 McGreevey Way around 1 a.m.

As the officers got closer, four of the males suddenly separated from the group and began to run. Two separate foot chases quickly ensued as one of the males, London Lee, 23, of Roxbury, who was known to the officers due to past acts of violence and multiple firearm violations, ran behind a nearby address and appeared placed a gun inside a gas grill before continuing to flee from the pursuing officers. Officers later recovered a loaded 9mm SCCY-CPX2 handgun from inside the grill.

Lee was arrested last September on charges he shot up a backyard in Roxbury.

Simultaneously, three other individuals, later identified as Jaquan McIver-Bennet, 20, of Roxbury, Josiah Watkins, 19, of Roxbury and a 17 year old juvenile male from Dorchester, ran towards Saint Alphonsus Street and cut through a nearby college campus. Through their combined efforts and unyielding determination, responding officers were able to place all four suspects in custody after lengthy pursuits which cut through a playground, a housing development building and even crossed over four lanes of traffic and MBTA trolley tracks on Huntington Avenue.

The officers then called for assistance from the BPD K-9 Unit who quickly arrived on scene. Within a matter of minutes, K-9 Yogi was able to recover two additional loaded firearms, a .22 caliber Beretta and a .380 caliber Cobra, which had been thrown behind 640 Huntington Avenue as the suspects fled.

London was charged with carrying a loaded firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and trespassing, police say. McIver-Bennet and Watkins were charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and trespassing. The teen was charged with being delinquent for unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and trespassing

Innocent, etc.