Late last week, Boston Police arrested one teen from Dorchester and one from Lynn on charges that they shot and wounded a teacher and a student outside Tech Boston Academy around 5:45 p.m. on March 15. Both victims are recovering.

Officers arrested a 17-year-old from Lynn who at first ran, possibly because he had “a loaded 9mm Glock 19 handgun equipped with a laser sight” on him at the time. Armed with a search warrant, officers found “a .22 caliber handgun equipped with a laser sight” at his home, police say. Around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, a 16-year-old from Dorchester surrendered himself to BPD gang-unit officers, police said.

After the shooting, the pair fled the scene on a single scooter.

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A Suffolk Superior Court jury on March 25 convicted Ralph Brown of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Shaquille Browder in the parking lot of the Burger King at Columbia Road and Washington Street on Jan. 11, 2018, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office reported.

The verdict means Brown will get life in prison without the possibility of parole at his formal sentencing. A second man, Kyle Williams Gathers, had earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault and battery with by discharge of a firearm and was sentenced to 18 to 25 years in prison.
According to prosecutors, Brown, in a U-Haul pickup, and Williams Gathers, in a rented Tahoe, followed Browder in his Toyota Camry, with two passengers, to the Burger King parking lot.

“There, Browder backed his car into an empty space,” prosecutors said. “Williams Gathers stopped his vehicle near the Washington Street entrance. Another, unidentified man exited the vehicle and fired multiple shots into the back of Browder’s car. Browder and one of his passengers attempted to flee, only to find that they had run in the direction of the U-Haul truck. Brown and another unidentified man each fired multiple shots, and Browder collapsed near the vehicle. He had a fatal wound in his back and a nonfatal wound in his right arm. The surviving victim suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder.

“The evidence showed that Williams Gathers then picked up the first shooter and fled the scene in the Tahoe. The UHaul truck fled in a different direction. Cell phone records proved that Brown and Williams Gathers remained in contact throughout their pursuit of the victim; their phone call ended abruptly after the shooting occurred. Just one hour after the shooting, Williams Gathers returned the rented Tahoe to a dealership in Norwood and traded it for a different vehicle.”

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A 26-year-old man faces charges for allegedly assaulting a Boston Police officer during a shoplifting incident at the Stop & Shop in the South Bay Mall last Saturday morning. The suspect— Patrick Craddock – was ordered held without bail on Monday in the South Boston division of Boston Municipal Court. He was already wanted by authorities in New Hampshire, which intends to extradite him. Craddock is alleged to have ripped the officer’s radio microphone off his shoulder in an attempt to prevent him from calling for backup.  “As the officer tried to subdue him, Craddock wrestled and strangled the officer,” according to prosecutors.  The officer was transported to Boston Medical Center for treatment. Craddock is due back in court on April 26 for a pre-trial hearing.