Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The alleged shooter's lawyer says the defendant and his family had been threatened by tenants who shared their Broadway home.
Santano Dessin, the Somerville man accused of shooting a 28-year-old in the neck Sunday night, was defending his family's home from tenants with possible gang affiliations, according to Dessin's lawyer, who spoke Tuesday morning at Dessin's arraignment. Dessin, 33, has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery causing serious bodily injury and discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. The shooting took place at around 11:30 p.m. after Dessin got into a verbal argument with the victim, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's office. The victim of the shooting was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and remained in critical condition, prosecutors said in court Tuesday. Cheryl C. …
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Monday, November 12, 2012
The shooting took place in East Somerville shortly before midnight, according to reports.
A late-night shooting at 196 Broadway in East Somerville sent a victim to the hospital in serious condition, according to reports. Somerville Police Monday morning confirmed a shooting took place but did not immediately provide information about the incident. Somerville Patch was waiting to hear back from a police spokesperson. According to Breaking News Network, a notification service that monitors police, fire and first-responder scanner transmissions, the shooting took place shortly before midnight Sunday night. The notification service reported one victim was shot multiple times and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. On Twitter, @AlertNewEngland and @NEFirebuff, who also monitor first-responder scanner transmissions, also …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
How a traffic accident pointed detectives to information about an early morning shooting that had occurred 10 days earlier in the heart of Somerville.
When a police officer responded to a traffic accident on Sept. 9 and noticed that one of the involved cars—a Dodge Caravan—had several bullet holes in it, detectives were able to piece together bits of information that lead to the arrest, Friday, of a Somerville man accused of shooting at the minivan's driver. It all started 10 days before the accident. The following information is from police reports supplied by the Somerville Police Department: According to the reports, police received a 911 call on Aug. 30 at about 1:30 a.m. from a mysterious caller who said one group was chasing another group around Princeton Street. The caller gave little information, and police weren't able to make further contact. The next day, a detective received …
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Leaders of Boston's Sikh community will meet in the next day or two to plan vigils and showings of support.
Members of the Greater Boston Sikh community who worship in Medford—with strong connections in Somerville—are distressed by the Sunday shooting at a temple in Wisconsin that left seven people, including the gunman, dead. Speaking Sunday night, Gurinber Singh, president of Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar, a temple at 226 Mystic Avenue in Medford, and a volunteer in the community, said, "We are really shocked at this moment." "We couldn't believe it," he said. Another leader in the Boston Sikh community also expressed shock while condemning the shooting. Worshipers at the Medford temple, or gurdwara (sometimes spelled gurudwara), were in observations from about 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, and therefore didn't learn of the news until later Sunday …
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Sikhs from Somerville, Medford, Cambridge and Boston were trying to learn more about the circumstances of a deadly shooting in Wisconsin, according to a leader in the Boston Sikh community.
Members of the Greater Boston Sikh community were condemning a Sunday shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that left at least seven people dead. At the same time, the local Sikh community was trying to learn more information about the circumstances of the shooting. Darfhan Singh, secretary of a gurdwara—a Sikh place of worship—that recently moved from Somerville to Everett, said members of the Boston Sikh community are "listening to the television and radio" in an attempt to learn more about what happened. "The investigation is going on," Singh said, cautioning against jumping to conclusions. Although Singh, who was visiting North Carolina Sunday when news of the shooting broke, did not know anyone in the Oak Creek, Wis., area, where …
Sunday, July 22, 2012
A 16-year-old girl from Maine was shot in the arm.
State police are casting a wide net and asking if anyone has information about a July 1 road rage shooting that injured a 16-year-old girl. The shooting happened on Route 495 after the girl's family—they're from Maine—was cut off by a white car, thought to be a Honda Accord. After some jockying for position on the highway, the passanger in the Accord is thought to have fired shots into the family's Nissan XTerra. Here's what state police have to say about the incident and the search for information: State Police Renew Request for Public's Help in Road Rage Shooting Seeking Motorists Who May Travel on Weekends The Massachusetts State Police are continuing to investigate the road rage motivated car-to-car shooting in Merrimac that injured a …
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
A second man arrested in connection to the shooting is identified as Gerry Girauld, according to a Somerville police report. The report says a woman found the victim "lying in a pool of blood."
A police report from the Somerville Police Department includes some new details about an Oct. 1 shooting that sent a 35-year-old man to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The police report identifies Gerry Girauld, 26, of 28 Temple St., Somerville, as being arrested in connection to the shooting. Girauld was not named in a press release issued by Somerville police on Oct. 5. The press release said two people were arrested in connection to the shooting: Fonge Pierre, 32, of Chelsea, and an unnamed suspect who was also arrested in Chelsea. Pierre was charged with armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a …
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Two Chelsea men are being charged in a shooting that sent a man to the hospital.
Fonge Pierre, 32, of Chelsea and another Chelsea man have been arrested in connection to a Saturday shooting that sent a 35-year-old man to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The shooting took place at about 1:30 a.m. at 10 Illinois Ave. in East Somerville. According to a news release from the Somerville Police Department, Somerville police worked with the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, State Police and Chelsea Police to identify suspects in the wake of the shooting. Pierre has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, according to the news release. Pierre was also arrested on a …
Monday, October 3, 2011
Police are searching for a suspect in a Saturday-morning shooting that sent a victim to the hospital with injuries that are not life threatening.
The following information was provided by the Somerville Police Department: Somerville Police Investigate Shooting Incident At about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, Somerville Police responded to 10 Illinois Avenue for a report of gunshots. Upon the arrival of police, they discovered a 35 year old male suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the front porch. The victim was transported to an area hospital where his wounds were determined to be non-life threatening. Police also discovered that a parked vehicle that had also been struck by a single gunshot. Police are searching for a black male who was seen entering a silver grey Chrysler seconds after the shooting that may have been associated with this incident. Somerville Police …
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Friday, March 18, 2011
A Roslindale man pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of Keith McCoy, 28, of Somerville, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public Thursday.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
More than two years after Keith McCoy, 28, of Somerville was shot to death at the Mystic Housing Development, his accused murderer pleaded guilty Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court and was sentenced to life in prison. According to the following statement issued Thursday by Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone: Marcus Amos, 23, of Roslindale, pled guilty to second degree murder, possession of a firearm without a license, and possession of ammunition. Middlesex Superior Court Judge Diane Kottmyer sentenced the defendant to life in prison on the murder charge, 3 to 5 years in state prison to run concurrent on the possession of a firearm charge, and 2 years in jail to run concurrent for the possession of ammunition charge. He will be …
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Tony S
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