Framingham Pizza Shop Standoff: Man Indicted On Charges Of Attempted Murder

FRAMINGHAM, MA—The owner of a Framingham pizza shop was indicted on charges stemming from an incident that happened in July that involved a police standoff on top of that pizza shop.

The Middlesex DA on Tuesday announced that Justin Breakspear, 31, Framingham, has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder (5 counts), assault with a dangerous weapon (5 counts), possession of a firearm without a license, subsequent offense, possession of ammunition (2 counts), possession of a large capacity firearm, possession of a large capacity feeding device (6 counts), discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, possession of a loaded firearm, and being an armed career criminal (3 counts).

Breakspear was arrested after police talked him down off the Slice of New York Pizza shop on Edgell Road, the same building they had an encounter with him at earlier in the day due to a civil matter involving Breakspear and his girlfriend.

By that night's end, police had Breakspear, who allegedly fired gunshots and caused a shelter-in-place advisory from Framingham police, in handcuffs. The area near Nobscot Square had been shut down for two hours as a heavy police presence filled the streets.

Photo via Framingham Police