Traffic & Transit

Man With Paintball Guns, Fireworks On Orange Line Train Arrested

Police received a call of what was believed to be a man carrying an assault rifle on the T.

Joseph Driscoll
Joseph Driscoll (Transit Police)

BOSTON — A South Boston man was arrested after he allegedly had fireworks and paintball guns that looked like long rifles on a train pulling into the State Street station.

Around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Transit Police received a radio call about a man believed to be carrying an assault rifle on a southbound Orange Line train.

Officers cleared passengers from the area when the train pulled into the State Street station.

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