New Yorker packing a loaded gun arrested after being spotted selling pot on Tremont Street downtown, police say

By adamg on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:11pm

Boston Police report arresting William Diawuoh, 24, of the Bronx on Saturday afternoon after he sold some marijuana to somebody in front of St. Paul's Cathedral on Tremont Street.

According to police:

As officers attempted to place Diawuoh under arrest, he began reaching toward his right side. Officers recovered and seized a loaded Kel-Tec 9mm semi-automatic handgun from Diawuoh’s right sweatshirt pocket. The handgun had one round in the chamber and six rounds in the magazine. Officers also recovered nine plastic sandwich bags containing marijuana.

Diawuoh was charged with distribution of a Class D drug, possession of a Class D dug with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, police say.

Innocent, etc.

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Downtown Crossing is so dangerous

By anon on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 1:11pm.

That pot dealers have to pack heat so they won't get robbed.

I wonder who are the buyers

By pesao on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 1:30pm.

Of these drugs in this area...

It is about time

By anon on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 2:03pm.

The open drug use and dealing around the common during the pandemic has become outrageous. Glad some attention being paid.

Arrest in front of St Paul’s

By Jeff Langone on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 7:07am.

They’ve been selling drugs for years at that location. They have an on going turf fight with the thugs selling drugs on Boylston St. And St Paul’s protects them because they’re misguided young kids who just need a hug. Let him keep his Tech 9 and let the chips fall where they may!

Great Job Law Enforcement

By Anthony B Meeks on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 7:57am.

Again you put your life on the line.

Over 550 plus guns removed from our cities streets year-to-date. Over 550 times Law Enforcement Officers could have been murdered. And that's not adding into all the other calls.

How many times have you put your life on a line this year?

550 BPD murders would be a

By anon on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 12:24pm.

550 BPD murders would be a spike of like 1,000,000%. So that doesn't sound like an earnest statement.

We don't know how many of those guns posed a danger to the public. Surely some do and some are for reasonable self-defense.

How many legally owned guns that pose a danger to the public have been taken out of our neighborhoods? Who is responsible for leading law enforcement to trace what gun shops/shows are sending these guns to our state?

In sure it takes a lot of work to confiscate those 550 guns. Not knocking the work of an average officer. But I dont feel any safer from legal or illegal guns so I challenge higher ups to find a more sophisticated approach.