In a single day, Boston Police officers recovered 11 loaded firearms during various incidents spread throughout the city, as part of an ongoing initiative to diminish gun violence and enhance public safety in the area. The seizures, which occurred last Saturday, August 23, involved numerous suspects, ranging from young teenagers to young adults, with arrests leading to a range of charges from possession of a large capacity firearm to resisting arrest.
Early in the day, around 10 AM, officers noticed a group with prior firearm violations and subsequently arrested Xavier Mabine, 21, of Dorchester, after he fled and discarded a KelTec PMR-30. Mabine is set to appear in Dorchester District Court facing several charges, including possession of a large capacity firearm and carrying a loaded firearm without a license. With public spaces regularly patrolled, officers were urged to remain vigilant, leading them to encounter a suspicious male dressed in black who ended up being a 15-year-old juvenile, arrested later in the day with a Girsan MC28 SA and facing an arraignment in Boston Juvenile Court. The juvenile's firearm notably had an obliterated serial number.
Similarly involved in unlawful firearm possession, Terrel Stokes, 18, and Damontay Brown, 19, both of Dorchester, were arrested outside an unfamiliar residency on Pasadena Road. They were found with a Polymer 80 and a Glock 9mm respectively, neither of which belonged to any residents of the address in question. Rodney Dooley-Blue, 20, of Roxbury, was arrested with a stolen Sig Sauer P938 and Corey Robinson, 22, of Boston, had a discarded Glock 19 with an extended magazine recovered by detectives.
The Youth Violence Strike Force made another noteworthy arrest when they apprehended a 16-year-old juvenile male with a Smith & Wesson M&P M2. The arrest took a tumultuous turn, as officers had to maintain control while being surrounded by an increasingly encroaching crowd. Later, at approximately 5:52 PM, officers responded to an incident involving Leland Murray, 18, who attempted to escape but was captured and found with a CZ 75 D. The busy day concluded with the arrest of a 15-year-old juvenile male involved in a shooting at Harambee Park, where a firearm was dropped during an attempted getaway on a malfunctioning moped. The victim in the shooting suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
The detailed accounts of the day's arrests and seizures provide a window into the Boston Police Department's proactive stance on gun control within city limits. For more specific information about each incident and arrest, please see the official report released by the Boston Police Department.
