Shots fired at apartment building where firefighters were responding in Boston, suspect in custody
MATTAPAN - A suspect is in custody after a report of shots fired at an apartment building in Mattapan on Saturday morning.
It happened around 11:30 a .m. at 50 Fairlawn Avenue.
Police said just minutes after firefighters responded to a call at the apartment, there was a report of shots fired at the building. The suspect barricaded themselves inside 50 Fairlawn Ave. on the second floor, and fire was pouring out of the building.
A resident had to run out of the building with their children.
"It sounded like a bomb. He kept on shooting without stopping, so the SWAT team had to come," an anonymous resident told WBZ.
The building was evacuated as police and SWAT moved in to apprehend the suspect who had fled through a window.
"With the use of the drones we entered the building and secured the location where it occurred. Sometime after that we located the suspect and arrested him and he had a slight injury to the lower part of his body as a result of a fall," Police Commissioner Michael Cox said.
The suspect was taken to the hospital.
"It was three doors down from mine and so much fire coming out. Fire, fire, fire. Under the door," Mattapan resident Catiana Fernandes continued. "It was very scary I just wanted to get out with my kids."
No other injuries have been reported, and there is no more information about what started the fire.