At 9:55 PM this past Saturday, Boston Police Department officers from the B-2 District (Roxbury) arrested a 19-year-old Quincy resident, Demanni White-Tharps, following a shooting in Dorchester. According to the Boston Police Department, officers were called to the intersection of Castlegate Road and Normandy Street, where they found an adult male victim with a gunshot wound. The victim received medical attention from Boston EMS and was taken to a local hospital with injuries reported as non-life-threatening.
The investigation led detectives to survey video footage from the scene, which caught a suspect disembarking from a vehicle, and approaching a driveway before running away. A subsequent search by officers in the area turned up a discarded firearm. It was a Cande Mefe Century Arms LNK 9X19, complete with a spent shell casing in the chamber and twelve rounds in the magazine, with a capacity for eighteen rounds. The suspect, White-Tharps, was later apprehended at 28 Columbia Road and taken into custody without incident. His charges include a litany of firearm-related offenses, including Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Assault and Battery with a Firearm.
White-Tharps will face these charges in the Dorchester District Court. The specifics of these charges encompass "Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of a Large Capacity Feeding Device, Discharging a Firearm within 500 Feet of a Dwelling, and Assault and Battery with a Firearm," as detailed in the Boston Police Department's report. At the time of the reporting, no additional information about the motive or circumstances surrounding the shooting has been provided.
The Dorchester community, shaken by the incident, is responding with a mix of relief at the swift police action and concern over the pervasive issue of gun violence. The Boston Police encourages anyone with information relevant to this case to come forward, as the investigation remains ongoing. The arrest and quick recovery of the firearm demonstrate the department's vigilant efforts in addressing and preventing further acts of violence in the neighborhood.
