Crime & Safety
Teen Boy Arrested In Worcester Shooting, Police Say
Worcester police took a 14-year-old male into custody in connection with a Dec. 23 shooting, the agency announced.
WORCESTER, MA - Worcester police have arrested a 14-year-old boy after their investigation into a shooting on Mount Vernon Street last week showed "probable cause," the police department announced Monday.
The shooting was reported around 6:20 p.m. on Dec. 23 via a ShotSpotter activation, according to police. Police headed out to the scene to investigate and were told afterward that a 25-year-old man who had been shot was at an area hospital.
"After an investigation, detectives developed probable cause for the arrest of a fourteen-year-old male," a Worcester Police Department news release said.
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The teen was ultimately arrested on Saturday on suspicion of the following charges: armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card and discharging a firearm within 500 Feet of a dwelling.
Additional details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.
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The full release can be read at this link here.
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