Crime & Safety

Victim Says Woman Pointed Pink Pistol at Her: Police

Boston Police described it as a "distinctive" firearm. You can say that again.

BOSTON, MA — Boston Police arrested two people over the weekend and recovered two guns, one of which made itself all too easy to identify.

According to the police department, a woman reported she was threatened Friday night by a Dorchester man and woman who "both pointed guns at her and threatened to kill her." The victim told police she knew both aggressors, and identified their weapons as a silver handgun for the man and a pink gun for the woman.

Police went to the suspects' apartment, where they found a loaded, pink-and-black firearm during a sweep. Both were taken into custody, and will faces charges of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon and Threats in Dorchester District Court.

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