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By adamg - 1/29/24 - 2:17 pm

A judge has ruled that two men facing charges they helped ferry two dozens guns from Alabama to Boston will have to stand trial, rejecting their requests to dismiss their indictments on Second Amendment grounds.Read more.

By adamg - 1/24/24 - 12:51 pm

A man on probation following a ten-year stay in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm will have to face a new federal trial for the same offense because of the loaded gun Boston Police say the took out of his sweatpants in Grove Hall in 2022, a judge has ruled. Read more.

By adamg - 1/23/24 - 9:54 am

A federal appeals court in Boston yesterday re-opened a lawsuit by the Mexican government against American gun makers and a Boston-area gun wholesaler alleging the companies are deliberately encouraging the flow of deadly assault weapons south of the Rio Grande. Read more.

By adamg - 1/18/24 - 11:51 am

Boston Police report officers investigating a report of gunfire at Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue around 2:45 a.m. quickly spotted and stopped a man leaving the scene and "visibly out of breath." Read more.

By adamg - 1/17/24 - 12:04 pm
Glock for sale

The Sportsman's Warehouse page for one of the guns Brunson allegedly bought at its Columbia, SC store.

Two men, one from South Carolina, one from Roxbury, face federal charges for the way they allegedly shipped guns here - for resale to, among others, gang members and teenagers - the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 1/15/24 - 1:21 pm

A house on Pinedale Road, off Canterbury Street in Roslindale, was hit by at least four bullets, one of which wound up inside, around 6:45 this morning. WCVB reports no injuries. Police found five shell casings across the street.

By adamg - 1/13/24 - 11:16 am
Wanted for Back Bay armed robbery

Boston Police report they are looking for a man who tried lifting a couple of bottles from Quality Mart, 21 Massachusetts Ave., got chased out by a clerk and then, before he made his way towards Kenmore Square, flashed what appeared to be a gun at the employee, around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.

By adamg - 1/11/24 - 1:14 pm

A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit by a now former radiologist over the state's gun laws, saying the Supreme Court still gives states the rights to regulate guns and besides, he really needs to first finish his appeal in state court on his convictions for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Read more.

By adamg - 1/11/24 - 12:35 pm
Seized marijuana, gun

Photo of seized stuff by BPD.

Boston Police report officers keeping an eye on the Reservation Road skate park due to recent community complaints arrested a Randolph man on gun and drug charges on Tuesday. Read more.

By adamg - 1/6/24 - 4:42 pm

A South Boston man already charged in two firearm cases was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing next week following his arrest on a variety of gun charges at Centre and Redwood streets in Dorchester, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 1/3/24 - 12:45 pm

A federal judge says the state's ban on certain high-powered assault weapons complies with the Second Amendment and so he's rejected a request for a preliminary injunction that would let one Massachusetts man in particular, but also other gun fans, stock up on semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines while a lawsuit over the issue wends its way through the courts. Read more.

By adamg - 1/1/24 - 10:09 pm

Updated, 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

A fight between two women behind 27 Washington St. in Dorchester ended around 8:50 p.m. when a man shot one of the combatants. Read more.

By adamg - 1/1/24 - 9:56 am

Victim identified as Nilton Fernandes, 24, of Dorchester.

Boston Police report a man was found shot to death outside 34 High St. in Dorchester at 5:28 a.m.

The man, pronounced dead at the scene, is Boston's first murder victim this year.

By adamg - 12/30/23 - 2:13 pm

Live Boston reports (with photos) a man on the second floor of 50 Fairlawn Ave. shot at firefighters responding to a fire on the first floor around 11:30 a.m.

Firefighters were able to put out the fire, in part by taking care to stay out of view of the second-floor window. After two hours, a BPD SWAT team was able to take the barricaded man into custody.

By adamg - 12/30/23 - 11:33 am

Victim identified at Curtis Effee, 41.

Boston Police report a man was shot at 417 Geneva Ave. in Dorchester around 12:50 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - 12/28/23 - 11:02 pm

Surveillance photo of fleeing suspect via BPD.

Boston Police report a USPS letter carrier was robbed at gunpoint by a guy in a black ski mask at Talbot and Welles avenues in Dorchester around 5:40 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 12/28/23 - 12:46 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man on gun charges following a foot chase in the area of Dudley and Shirley streets in Roxbury around 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

By adamg - 12/26/23 - 4:40 pm

A woman from the Bronx faces armed-robbery charges and her male companion from Lawrence faces gun charges after she robbed a man who'd contacted them via a Web page for some paid sex at the Back Bay Hilton last week, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 12/24/23 - 10:04 pm

Police found a man shot in the right knee on Ripley Road near Harvard Street in Roxbury shortly after 9:50 p.m. Injury not considered life-threatening.

By adamg - 12/21/23 - 10:05 am

Boston Police report arresting a Dedham man on gun charges after a Monday raid at a house on Clifford Street in Roxbury - outside of which a man was shot several times on Dec. 4. Read more.

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