Man Arraigned After Shooting At Roommate In Malden: Police

MALDEN, MA — A 25-year-old Malden man was arraigned in court Wednesday hours after police said he shot at a roommate following an argument that started over accusations of missing food and trash that wasn't taken out, according to court documents.

Police announced the arrest of Ryan Hinds on Wednesday morning following an incident in a residence on Ripley Street near the Oak Grove MBTA station. In reports separately filed in Malden District Court, police said they spoke with a victim who said Hinds went to his bedroom after an argument in a shared common area on Tuesday night and returned with a gun.

Police said the victim told them Hinds threatened to kill him while pointing the gun in his direction and firing a single shot.

The shot missed and became embedded in a wall, according to police. There were no significant injuries, police previously said on Wednesday morning.

Police said the man they spoke with described hiding in the house until Hinds left.

Police said officers in Boston located Hinds later in the night at a site on Thetford Ave. in Dorchester, where they arrested him.

Malden Police said the victim told them Hinds had lived in the house on Ripley Street alongside a handful of other roommates for a little under a year.

The victim said Hinds was upset with him after he contacted their building’s property manager to complain about “missing food, beverages, and cleanliness of the common area,” according to police.

Police said the victim told them Hinds called him a "snitch" and other insults in response to the victim complaining to the property manager.

The victim said he brought up his concerns with Hinds again on Tuesday. The argument with Hinds followed, according to court documents.

Police said this week that Hinds does not have a license to carry a firearm in Massachusetts. Police said the victim in this case told them Hinds said he had three separate guns, though. One officer, in a description of events, said the victim told police that Hinds said he got the guns "from New Hampshire."

Malden Police Chief Glenn Cronin on Thursday commended what he described as "outstanding police work" to respond to this event and arrest Hinds with help from Boston Police.

He told Patch that an investigation into this case was ongoing. As a result, he said, he could not be sure of the origins of the gun potentially used in this incident

Hinds was ultimately charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, assault to murder, possession of a firearm without firearm identification and assault and battery.

He was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing, according to a docket entry in his case.

A call to the phone number of a lawyer representing Hinds this week could not be connected on Thursday morning.