Gunfire interrupted the Roxbury night when Boston Police Department officers, on patrol near Warren Gardens, were alerted to shots fired early Saturday morning, leading to the arrest of a local man on multiple firearm charges. According to the Boston Police Department's official report, ShotSpotter technology, which detects gunfire, flagged four rounds discharged at approximately 12:08 AM near 15 Dabney Street.

Witnessing an individual brandishing and then casually stowing a smoking object in his waistband amidst the chaos, officers found themselves at the nexus of swift justice and technology, as the smart sensors played sentinel over the city's slumbering peace. Alerted by the telltale sign of spent cartridges littering the ground behind 7 Dabney Street, the officers initiated a pursuit which culminated when a suspect, later identified as Leon Edmonds, 26, of Roxbury, attempted to evade law enforcement by entering a vehicle, which was promptly stopped by officers at 15 Guild Street, where two individuals were detained.

Canine officers subsequently sniffed out a firearm along the suspect's escape route, retrieving a Taurus PTIII Pro, found with a round ready in the chamber and a supply of eight more in the magazine.

Edmonds now faces several charges, including unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building with his arraignment scheduled to take place in Roxbury District Court.