Crime
No one was injured and no shots were fired, police said, a year after eight people were shot dead at the Caribbean Carnival Festival in Dorchester.
The annual Caribbean Carnival parade took place Saturday afternoon, as participants made their way down MLK Blvd. and Warren Streets to their final destination, Franklin Park. A costumed man walks on stilts on MLK Blvd. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe
Eleven people were arrested with guns around the Caribbean Carnival Festival in Dorchester on Saturday, police said, a year after eight people were shot dead on the outskirts of the parade.
Between 2 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, police recovered nine firearms, Boston police said Sunday. Four of the 11 people charged are juveniles, the department said, and four of them were high-capacity weapons.
Last year, eight people were injured, one seriously, in a shooting before 8 a.m. during the festival’s J’ouvert parade near Blue Hill and Talbot avenues in Dorchester. Four men have been charged in connection with the shooting.
Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox told reporters before Carnival that last year’s shooting was an exceptional case.
“It’s a positive event for our community,” Cox said, according to WHDH. “An incident happens and it kind of puts a damper on events in general, but the fact is, overall, people come, they have fun, they go home, and that’s it. We expect the same thing this year.”
The Caribbean Carnival was held this weekend after a shooting at the Dominican Festival in Franklin Park last week. Five people were injured, but their injuries are not life-threatening. The investigation is ongoing.
11 people arrested for carrying firearms
Police said they arrested 11 people, ages 15 to 34, on Saturday for gun possession. No shots were fired and no officers or suspects were injured, Boston police said.
Four teenagers were arrested on gun charges, Boston police said, including one who allegedly had a gun with an extended magazine. A 16-year-old was also reportedly found in possession of a loaded gun with the serial number scratched off after police responded to a fight in which one person was knocked unconscious.
One of the people arrested was allegedly in possession of 11 small bags of crack cocaine, police said. One man was found with a Glock switch, making the firearm fully automatic, and another with a high-capacity magazine, according to the department.
During a traffic stop, an officer felt “an unknown liquid substance hit him in the face and arms” and later confiscated a loaded gun and a water pistol.
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