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星期二, 8月 19, 2014

華埠週日槍響 四人受傷 一人被逮

Malden Man Charged in Chinatown Quadruple Shooting

BOSTON, Aug. 18, 2014—A man on federal probation for a firearms charge was held on $1 million cash bail at his arraignment today on charges that he shot four people in Chinatown early Sunday morning, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.
Boston Municipal Court Judge Thomas Horgan imposed twice the bail recommended for KAREEM SMITH (D.O.B. 4/25/85) of Malden by Assistant District Attorney Lindsey Weinstein, chief of the DA’s Gun Prosecution Task Force. Smith is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm as a second offense, carrying a loaded firearm, discharging a firearm within 500’ of a building, and four counts each of armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Weinstein told the court that Boston Police officers raced toward the sound of as many as 15 gunshots in the area of Essex and Edinboro streets just before 3:00 yesterday morning, finding dozens of people running and taking cover from the barrage.
Four men were injured. They were a 22-year-old man struck in the chest, a 25-year-old man struck in the buttocks, a 24-year-old man struck in the leg, and a 27-year-old man struck in the abdomen. They were transported to Boston Medical Center, Tufts Medical Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital. All four are expected to survive.
Based on witness statements developed in the minutes and hours following the shootings, Boston Police arrested Smith later that morning. A Boston Police K-9 unit recovered a 5.7 semiautomatic Fabrique Nationale handgun on nearby Oxford Street and seized it for ballistics testing.
Smith was represented today by attorney Arnold Cohen. He will return to court on Sept. 17.

            波士頓華埠愛丁保羅街(Edinboro15號附近,週日(17日)約凌晨三點,傳出槍響,四人受傷,一人被捕,共查到兩把手槍。
薩福克郡地方檢察官康雷(Daniel F. Conley)表示,被捕者是1985年出生的摩頓市居民,Kareem Smith,昨(18)日到波士頓地方法院應訊,法官判處交保需一百萬元現金,目前他在押。
Smith 是由律師 Arnold Cohen陪同出庭,預定九月十七日再出庭。
法官裁決的交保金額,比助理地方檢察官Lindsey Weinstein所要求的高了一倍。
Smith被控以第二次非法持有武器,帶了一把裝有子彈的槍,在距離樓宇500公尺內開槍,以及四項有意持武器殺人罪,以危險武器攻擊人罪。
Lindsey Weinstein告訴法官,警察在週日凌晨三點前,聽到不下15聲槍響,趕到益士石街及愛丁保羅街一帶,看到十幾人狂奔,找掩蔽處。
共有四人受傷。一名22歲男子胸部中彈,25歲男子臀部中彈,24歲男子腿部中彈,27歲男子腹部中彈。他們分別被送往波士頓醫療中心,塔芙茨醫療中心,麻省總醫院。四人應都無生命危險。
根據槍擊事件發生後的目擊證人描述,波士頓警察稍後逮捕了Kareem Smith。警方的警犬小組再好事福街(Oxford)附近,查獲一把5.7半自動法布里克國民手槍,已沒收,將做彈道測試。

警方昨日表示,事情發生概況,已公佈在警察局的部落格,若再有人被捕,才會更新報告內容。
週日那天,巡邏警員聞聲趕至,見到嫌犯正逃離現場,拔腳就追,未幾追及,逮捕了嫌犯,收繳了一支槍,並封鎖現場,在幾分鐘之內就找到許多目擊證人。
在追捕嫌犯時,一名警員開過槍,但警方的初步調查結果是,無人因此而受傷。
警方以使用危險武器攻擊的罪名,逮捕了現年廿九歲,住在摩頓市,有槍支犯罪前科,警察都知道的Kareem Smith
四名受槍傷者都是男性,年紀在2227歲之間。四人都無無生命危險,其中三人僅受輕傷,已由警察和波士頓急救服務局(EMS)送往附近的醫院治療。
波士頓環球報指出,警方發言人Rachel McGuire表示,其中兩人被送往麻省總醫院(MGH),一人被送往塔芙茨醫療中心,另一人被送往波士頓醫療中心。
警方表示,在繼續調查時,警方找到和此案有關的第二把槍,也更新了報告。
週日早上,警方在愛丁保羅街上收集證據,從一輛黑色凌志(Lexus)車的車後窗向裏看了半天後,打開車門,取出一支槍,再從附近的停車場拖吊走兩輛車。
有一名住在附近的居民向波士頓環球報表示,他已經不記得有多少次在夜裡被槍聲吵醒。華埠公園旁的愛丁保羅街附近,因為餐廳直到凌晨還營業,多年來一直都是白天,黑夜,有如兩個世界,有很多治安問題,許多人深夜從酒吧出來後,就到這附近徘徊,販毒。

波士頓環球報因這槍擊事件,重提1991年時,華埠曾因非法打牌賭博,發生暴力案,有六人遭遇槍擊,五人斃命,一人倖存。兩名涉案殺人者被判終身監禁。


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