SPD Officers Seize Loaded Firearm, Arrest Two Suspects after Responding to a Shots Fired Call
SPD Officers Seize Loaded Firearm, Arrest Two Suspects after Responding to a Shots Fired Call
Springfield, Mass. — On April 6th at approximately 8:35 p.m., Springfield Police Officers seized a loaded firearm and arrested two suspects in connection with a shooting.
Around 7:30 p.m., officers responded to an apartment on the 200 block of Pearl Street for a report of shots fired. Officers made contact with the residents and observed a bullet hole in a bedroom wall that entered a box spring under a mattress. No one was struck.
Officers believed the shot came from an adjoining apartment. After speaking with the residents in the neighboring apartment, officers located two suspects on a porch, later identified as Jonathan Rivera and Dunesky Diaz.
Officers then located a loaded firearm on top of a grill on the balcony. Officers placed Rivera and Diaz under arrest.
19-year-old Jonathan Rivera of Springfield is charged with:
- Possession of a Firearm without an FID Card
- Possession of Ammunition without an FID Card
- Discharging a Firearm within 500 Feet of a Building
- Defacement of Property
18-year-old Dunesky Diaz of Springfield is charged with:
- Possession of a Firearm without an FID Card
- Possession of Ammunition without an FID Card
- Discharging a Firearm within 500 Feet of a Building
- Defacement of Property