Crime & Safety

4 Arrested After Shots Fired In Worcester

Four people led officers on a brief chase after shots were fired at a home on Lynwood Lane Friday night, police said.

WORCESTER, MA — Four people were arrested following a report of shots fired in Worcester Friday night, police said. Shortly before 9:50 p.m., a person got out of a black Cadillac on Lynwood Lane and fired a gun at a home, police said. The person then got back into the Cadillac, and it drove away.

An officer spotted the vehicle on Dick Drive and attempted to stop it, but the driver tried to flee, police said. After a brief chase, the Cadillac pulled into a driveway on Haviland Street and the people inside tried to flee on foot, police said.

Officers arrested them and searched the car, where they found live rounds of ammunition, police said. The suspects were identified as a 17-year-old juvenile, who was driving the car; Jayden Nolan, 18, of Worcester; Noah Dorsett, 20, of Worcester; and Cullen McNamara, 18, of Clinton.

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The four were placed under arrest and charged with Possession of Ammunition without an FID Card, Disorderly Conduct, and Disturbing the Peace.

In addition, Nolan was charged with possession of a Class B Substance (cocaine) and the juvenile was charged with Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Failure to Stop for Police and Operating to Endanger.

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