A man faces nine charges after a fight involving a Boston Police officer and a gun in Mattapan on Sunday.
At about 12:19 p.m., an officer assigned to Mattapan was on patrol in the area of Westmore Road and Gilmer Street. While there, the officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation, according to a press statement from the Boston Police Department.
As the officer tried to detain the suspect, a fight broke out. During the struggle, a firearm owned by the suspect went off, but neither the suspect nor the officer was struck by the gunfire, according to the statement.
Boston Police Operations announced an officer-in-trouble call, and multiple officers from surrounding districts arrived on the scene. The suspect, 33-year-old Richard Raymond of Dorchester, was handcuffed, according to the police statement.
Police determined the firearm to be a Canik TP9SFx with fourteen rounds in the magazine. A spent shell casing was lodged in the gun.
After further investigation, detectives found a live round and a designer bag of marijuana in the suspect’s jacket pocket, the press release reads. Detectives also found one plastic bag containing fourteen grams (1/2 ounce) of fentanyl, fifteen non-prescribed pills and approximately $1,888 in cash.
Boston EMS responded to the scene and brought both the officer and the suspect to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
Raymond is expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court on charges of unlawful possession of a large capacity firearm, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, refusing to identify himself while operating a motor vehicle, trafficking a Class A substance and possessing a Class B substance with intent to distribute, according to the Boston Police Department.
Officers also determined that the suspect had four active warrants for his arrest for various charges, including firearm, drug and motor vehicle law offenses, according to the statement.
