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Boston Caribbean Carnival shooting suspect arrested in Georgia after months on the lam
A fugitive wanted in connection with the 2023 Boston Caribbean Carnival shooting who fled ahead of his trial in December 2024 was arrested in Georgia on Wednesday, Boston police announced.
Dorchester resident Gerald Vick, 31, faces eight counts of assault and battery with a firearm and three gun charges in connection with the August 2023 shooting, during which eight people were shot. Three other men have been indicted on assault and gun charges in connection with the shooting, and one other was indicted on firearms charges alone.
Boston police originally arrested Vick shortly after the shooting, the police department said previously. He was later released on bail with conditions including that he wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.
On Dec. 1, 2024 — the night before his trial was set to begin — Vick removed the bracelet shortly after 1 a.m., police said. He then didn't appear in court for his trial that morning and has been on the run from police ever since.
On Wednesday, U.S. Marshals arrested Vick without incident in Lithia Springs, Georgia, police said. It is unclear when he will appear in court in Massachusetts again.
The carnival shooting happened on Aug. 26, 2023 around 7:45 a.m. during the annual J'ouvert Parade in Dorchester. A Boston police report indicated that the violence was the result of two rival gangs targeting each other after members taunted one another earlier that morning.
Six men and two women were found to have non-fatal gunshot wounds following the shooting. Five men and one woman were taken to the hospital, while the other two victims were grazed by bullets and declined treatment.
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