Springfield Police Department

SPD Officers Arrest Suspect with Fully Automatic Ghost Gun, after Carjacking and Crash into Two Homes

 

SPD Officers Arrest Suspect with Fully Automatic Ghost Gun, after Carjacking and Crash into Two Homes

Springfield, Mass. — On Saturday July 12th at approximately 11:45 p.m., Springfield Police Officers seized a fully automatic Ghost Gun and arrested 18-year-old Malachi Williams in connection with a carjacking and crash into two homes on Eastern Avenue.  

Around 8:05 p.m., officers received a report of an armed carjacking that occurred in earlier in the evening near the intersection of Elliot Street and Salem Street.  The victim allegedly had his vehicle stolen at gunpoint.  

At approximately 11:30 p.m., officers responded to 200 block of Eastern Avenue for a report of a vehicle that crashed into two homes, damaging a fence, front deck, and front stairs of one home and a deck of a second home where the car became inoperable.  Bystanders assisted the suspected driver, later identified as Williams, from the vehicle.  

When officers arrived, they discovered the vehicle that crashed into the houses, was the same vehicle that was stolen during the carjacking earlier in the evening.  

Inside the car, officers recovered a large capacity Ghost Gun, with a sear-selector switch, making the firearm a fully automatic machine gun.  Williams was placed under arrest and transported to Baystate to receive care for his injuries suffered during the crash.  

18-year-old Malachi Williams of Springfield is charged with:

  • Receiving a Stolen Motor Vehicle
  • Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle
  • Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Crash
  • Carrying a Firearm without a License
  • Carrying a Loaded Firearm without a License
  • Making a Firearm without a Serial Number
  • Possession of a Large Capacity Firearm during the Commission of a Felony
  • Improper Storage of a Large Capacity Firearm near a Minor
  • Possession of a Machine Gun
  • Possession of a Loaded Machine Gun
  • Armed & Masked Robbery
  • Firearm-Armed Carjacking
  • Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle
  • Number Plate Violation to Conceal ID