PAX Centurion - January / March 2016

www.bppa.org PAX CENTURION • January/March 2016 • Page 59 Officer David Murray, District E-13 Officers responded to a radio call for shots fired at 208 Hampden Street, Roxbury, which involved a woman and her boyfriend. Officer Murray, listening on Channel 3, heard the suspect’s name and informed officers that there had been a similar call earlier that morning. He conducted some research on possible locations associated with this person and officers were dispatched. On arrival they heard yelling and MOP’s tactical gun squad made entry into the apartment and found him hiding in the rear hallway where he was placed under arrest without incident. Officer Murray and his knowledge of on-going activity on his district led to this arrest. H H H H H H H H H H H H H Officer Michael McHugh, District A-1 Officer McHugh was approached by a witness reporting that a man had been stabbed in the area of 34 Boylston Street, who fled. Officer McHugh was familiar with video surveillance cameras in the area that may assist him with further identifying the victim, suspect, or the location of the incident. He observed this person on video with another individual involving an altercation and was able to provide direction of flight information. Officers were able to locate the victim suffering from a severe five inch gash to his left cheek. He was uncooperative. The suspect is a career criminal, with substantial arrests, convictions, and substantial time served. This particular incident likely prevented future acts of violence by this suspect. H H H H H H H H H H H H H Officers James Giardina and JamesWarmsley, District A-7 Officers Giardina andWarmsley responded to radio call for an EDP caller who stated he wanted the police to shoot him. The caller refused to give any identifying characteristics to the call taker and there were 70 units in the building where the call originated. Operations was able to trace the call to an apartment and on arrival the officers found the door ajar. They entered and cleared the apartment with no person found. They proceeded back to the lobby where the security guard told them he was just threatened by a man with a knife, who had retreated upstairs. Officers returned to the 3 rd floor and observed the suspect standing outside his apartment with a knife. He began screaming “Kill me, Shoot me,” while raising the knife and moving towards the officers before taking steps back. The suspect refused commands to drop the knife. The suspect began walking toward Officer Giardina with the knife raised and when Officer Giardina drew his firearm he retreated and pleaded for assistance while still holding the knife. When told he would receive assistance if he dropped the knife, the suspect threw the knife down the hallway towards the officers. He was then placed in handcuffs and transported to the hospital for evaluation. Officers Giardina and Warmsley handled a life threatening situation (suicide by cop) with great restraint, foresight and tactics. H H H H H H H H H H H H H Officers Skye Robinson and Sean Rooney, School Police Unit Officers Robinson and Rooney while in theWashington Street area, heard the Dispatcher broadcast a call for shots fired in the area of Bower Street in Roxbury. The officers proceeded outbound onWashington Street towards Martin Luther King Boulevard. The officers observed two males running from the direction of Bower Street. Both Officers observed one suspect reach into his waist area and retrieve a black colored object and throw the object over a fence into a vacant lot. The Officers both observed this object and concluded that it was a firearm. Officers Rooney and Robinson were able to detain two suspects, as additional Boston Police Units arrived. Officers Rooney and Robinson returned to the vacant lot and directed K-9 handlers as well as SWAT and responding officers as to where the suspect threw the firearm. After a lengthy search by over 20 Police Officers, a Black Rossi .22 caliber firearm with 7 live rounds of ammunition was recovered from the overgrown grassy lot. H H H H H H H H H H H H H Officers Jeffrey Connolly, Michael Holden, Joseph McDonough and Bryan McGrath, District B-2 Officers Connolly, McDonough and McGrath observed three males, familiar to them as gang members, walking down TurquoiseWay. Due to the actions of the suspects and the current violent episodes in the neighborhood, officers exited their cruiser to conduct a threshold inquiry. The three men acted nervously, began to change the direction and then ran. Officer McDonough followed one suspect and observed him running with one arm swinging freely, while holding the other arm tight to his waist, as if he was attempting to secure something. 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