Overview
- Police charged a 15-year-old in a Monday afternoon shooting outside the Burger King on Washington Street that wounded a teen in the foot, who is expected to survive.
- Officers on patrol at the nearby Dr. Albert D. Holland School heard a gunshot, rushed to the lot, found ballistic evidence, and gave first aid before Boston EMS took the victim to a hospital.
- A suspect description went out over the radio, and officers traced a black moped toward Vaughan Avenue about two blocks away.
- Police say they caught a teen after a brief foot chase behind 19 Vaughan Ave. and recovered a 9mm Taurus 709 Slim with four rounds plus clothing that matched the shooter’s description.
- The boy, whose name is withheld under juvenile law, is set for Boston Juvenile Court on counts that include unlawful possession of a firearm and assault and battery by discharge of a firearm, a case that reinforces concerns about guns near schools after dismissal.