Crime & Safety
Boston Man Accused Of Shooting A 15-Year-Old Boy In Nashua Apartment
Damari Robinson, 19, is accused of accidentally discharging a firearm and shooting the boy in the shoulder; the boy is recovering.
NASHUA, NH — Nashua Police have arrested a man from Boston after investigating a shooting on Shedds Avenue that left a 15-year-old with a gunshot wound to his shoulder.
Nashua police responded to Shedds Avenue Wednesday for a report of shots fired. Officers arrived on the scene and located a 15-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to his shoulder.
Nashua Fire Rescue and AMR ambulance responded and provided medical treatment to the boy and requested a trauma alert at Southern NH Medical Center, where the boy was transported with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries.
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Police secured the scene on Shedd Avenue and began investigating. Nashua police detectives from the special investigations division investigated and learned Damari Robinson, 19, of Boston, had located a handgun within the residence that had been left unsecured, according to NPD Sgt. John Cinelli.
The shooting appears to have been the result of an accidental discharge of the gun, Cinelli said. The juvenile victim was known to Robinson, he added.
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Robinson was charged with reckless conduct and second-degree assault. He was held on preventative detention and is scheduled to appear in the 9th Circuit – District Division – Nashua Court on Thursday.
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