Overview
- Prosecutors said Wednesday a second jury found Gerald Vick guilty of possessing a machine gun, following April 22 convictions for unlicensed and large‑capacity firearm offenses.
- Investigators identified Vick on surveillance video, arrested him at the scene, and matched five of 20 shell casings to his recovered gun, which they said had a conversion device that enables automatic fire.
- The gunfight on Talbot Avenue during the J’Ouvert Caribbean parade left eight people wounded with no deaths reported.
- Vick removed his GPS monitor the night before his December 2024 trial and was captured in Georgia about six months later, according to the district attorney.
- He is due back in Suffolk Superior Court on Thursday for further proceedings, while co‑defendant Dwayne Francis faces a June 1 trial and Sebastian Monteiro is already serving a four‑year sentence from an October 2024 plea.