West Roxbury man who showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound winds up arrested for the five ghost guns and seven magazines police found at his home, DA says

A West Roxbury man had bail set at $25,000 at his arraignment today on gun and drug charges for the five illegal guns, seven high-capacity magazines, bullets and "white powder" police found in his home after he showed up at the West Roxbury VA hospital Monday with a gunshot wound to his hand, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

James Thelwell-Mullen initially told hospital staffers his father had accidentally shot him in a vehicle, but clammed up after he was transferred to Brigham and Women's Hospital and police arrived - he told officers there he could not recall how he happened to get a fresh hole in his hand, the DA's office says.

Police then went to his home to do a "protective sweep," during which they found "blood stains on the floor of a bedroom and hallway, clothing with blood stains, an empty gun holster on a bed, a spent shell casing and a magazine," the DA's office says, adding that in a follow-up search, this time with a warrant, officers found: "five firearms with no make or serial number." Also:

They also located a total of seven large capacity magazines – three capable of holding at least 10 rounds of ammunition, three capable of holding up to 30 rounds and one magazine with a capacity of 31 rounds of ammunition. In addition, police located loose ammunition and a bag containing a white powdery substance, furniture damaged by gunfire and a slug recovered from a trash can.

Thelwell-Mullen was charged with five counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, seven counts of possession of a high capacity feeding device and one count each of discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, unlawful possession of ammunition and possession of a Class A drug.

Innocent, etc.