Boston Police pursued several teenagers on moped scooters early Monday morning after someone reportedly fired gunshots as police were on scene trying to break up a group of trespassers gathered in the Dorchester Yacht Club parking lot. Police were called to Playstead Road and Springdale Street near McConnell Park around 4:16 a.m.

A police account gave these details of the incident:
When officers arrived at the scene, about 20 motor vehicles and scooters were gathered in the parking lot of the yacht club. As officers activated their emergency lights – and the vehicles and scooters attempted to flee the scene –someone riding as a passenger on a scooter pulled out a firearm from a fanny pack and fired it into the air in view of police.

Officers gave chase and followed the vehicles into Fields Corner and up to Ronan Park. Once in the park, the scooter operators evaded police. The suspects were described as Black males, roughly 15 and 17 years old, and wearing ski masks and hoods.

Officers found one spent shell casing at the entrance to the club’s parking lot. All other parties were checked for weapons, identified, and then released from the scene.