Police arrest Dorchester man they say threatened New England Baptist Hospital workers with a gun

Boston Police report arresting a man on gun charges yesterday, a day after they say he "displayed a firearm" and threatened staff at New England Baptist Hospital on Mission Hill.

Police say that officers on alert for the car involved in the threatening incident around 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, spotted it at 2:40 p.m. yesterday at 95 Milton Ave. in Dorchester.

The male operator was removed from the vehicle and officers subsequently observed the handle of a firearm partially covered by the floor mat in the front seat. Officers placed the operator under arrest and recovered a Polymer 80 Glock 23 firearm loaded with ten rounds of live ammunition from under the floor mat. An additional magazine loaded with ten rounds of live ammunition was located inside of a sweatshirt in the rear of the motor vehicle.

For now, police say, Otiz Knights, 47, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a loaded firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.

Innocent, etc.