Real-time analysis helps find Springfield suspects following shooting on Bridge Street
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Two Springfield men were arrested after a loaded firearm and drugs were seized following a shooting on Friday.
City cameras used to find suspected vehicle tied to shots fired at Springfield intersection
The Springfield Police Department states that on Friday at around 2:40 p.m., officers were sent to the area of Bridge Street and Pearl Street for a ShotSpotter activation. The Springfield Police Real-Time Analysis Center (R-TAC) received descriptions and further information about the suspects, such as that they entered a building on the 0-100 block of Pearl Street and two victims were shot at.
The suspects were located in an apartment, and a ghost gun capable of holding 15 rounds of ammunition, 35 capsules of crack-cocaine, and $88 in cash were found inside a backpack.
The suspects, who were identified as 18-year-old Jayden Colon of Springfield and a 17-year-old, were arrested.
Jayden Colon of Springfield is charged with:
Carrying a Firearm without a License
Possession of a High-Capacity Magazine/Feeding Device
Improper Storage of a Firearm
Due to the age of the 17-year-old, his age, his name, booking photo, and charges will not be released.
WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.
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